8 d. ago Trump’s deadline call to Rupert Murdoch from Air Force One demanding he kill WSJ story on Epstein birthday note: report

Trump and his team desperately tried to get Murdoch and his newspaper to stop the story

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8 d. ago Trump’s frantic call to Rupert Murdoch from Air Force One demanding he kill WSJ story on Epstein birthday note: report

Trump and his team desperately tried to get Murdoch and his newspaper to stop the story

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3 w. ago Peter Mandelson under fire after Jeffrey Epstein message is made public

Lord Mandelson has faced calls to resign as Britain's ambassador to the US after it emerged he had described Jeffrey Epstein as his "best pal" in a 2003 birthday note.

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3 w. ago Trump is 'clearly as worried as hell about birthday card to Epstein' says expert

Renowned expert Professor Anthony Glees says that Trump is 'worried' about the 'birthday note' to Epstein after a slew of new files released by US lawmakers has left many people rattled

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3 w. ago Starmer backs Mandelson after ‘embarrassing’ Epstein birthday note revelations: UK politics live

Lord Mandelson says 2003 birthday message is ‘very embarrassing’

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3 w. ago The subpoenaed Epstein files: Everything we know about latest release, including 50th birthday book with ‘Trump sketch’

Lawmakers released a trove of Epstein-related documents including a book that celebrated his 50th birthday in 2003 with contributions from Ghislaine Maxwell, Bill Clinton - and allegedly Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Trump calls release of suggestive note to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a ‘dead issue’

Administration says it would support an expert review of signature to determine whether it was Trump who signed itWhite House officials on Tuesday doubled down on their assertion that a sexually suggestive letter carrying what appeared to be Donald Trump’s signature that was included in a birthday book for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had not been signed by the president.The letter, and its drawing of a naked woman’s torso around an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein, was part of a batch of documents released by the House oversight committee in response to a subpoena after its existence was first reported in July by the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago White House denies that Trump wrote Epstein letter and calls investigation a Democrat ‘hoax’ – live

White House press secretary denies that president wrote Epstein a card that included the outline of a woman’s body for the sex trafficker’s 50th birthdayPhoto of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a womanJeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book – in picturesMy colleague, Oliver Holmes, has been going through the Jeffrey Epstein 50th birthday album that House Democrats on the oversight committee released on Monday, after they subpoenaed Epstein’s estate.As Oliver notes, much of the book seems to be a collection of flattering and celebratory letters – often highly sexualised – from people who knew Epstein. They include photos of him embracing women in bikinis whose faces were redacted, and others showing scenes featuring wild animals having sex.Bill Clinton, who had left the US presidency a couple years before the publication of the book, is listed in the “friends” section.Peter Mandelson, the current UK ambassador to the United States, called Epstein his “best pal”. There are al...

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3 w. ago Trump responds to Epstein birthday card accusations after release of alleged lewd drawing

President Donald Trump has called the lewd 50th birthday note he allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein a 'dead issue'.

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3 w. ago Epstein birthday note signed ‘Bill Clinton’ included in latest document release

Democrats on House Oversight Committee release fresh trance of files obtained by subpoena from executors of late pedophile’s estate

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3 w. ago Democrats rekindle Trump’s Epstein problem with birthday note

Message purporting to be from the president revives controversy over links to the late disgraced financier

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3 w. ago House committee releases image of apparent Trump birthday note and entire Epstein album

Image mirrors report of letter, turned over by estate lawyers after subpoena and part of ‘infamous “Birthday Book”’US politics live – latest updatesHouse Democrats on Monday released an image of a sexually suggestive letter and drawing that appears to bear the signature of Donald Trump, the very same note the president had denied writing after reports of its existence were published earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal.The letter, which was turned over by lawyers for disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in response to a subpoena from the House oversight committee, was included in a set of notes sent to the convicted sex offender for his 50th birthday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Epstein birthday letter DECODED: All the cryptic clues, the bizarre links to famous kids' book... and the revealing details behind Trump's signature

A birthday note sent to Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly bearing Donald Trump's signature, has resurfaced, filled with puzzling lines that reference a children's book and echo Trump's trademark turns of phrase.

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3 w. ago White House hits back after Democrats share alleged Trump ‘birthday note’ to Jeffrey Epstein – live updates

Trump’s press secretary claims image released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee proves US president did not draw picture or sign itHouse Democrats share screenshot of apparent Trump birthday note to EpsteinIntent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena.The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago House Democrats share alleged Trump ‘birthday note’ to Jeffrey Epstein – live updates

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee release scanned copy of note compiled into an album of messages to celebrate Epstein’s 50th birthdayIntent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena.The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago House Democrats share Trump ‘birthday note’ to Jeffrey Epstein – live updates

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee release scanned copy of note compiled into an album of messages to celebrate Epstein’s 50th birthdayIntent on vindication after spending four months in prison last year, Peter Navarro asked a federal appeals court on Sunday night to force Donald Trump’s justice department to explain why it would not defend his 2022 conviction for defying a January 6 committee subpoena.The request to the US court of appeals for the DC circuit is fraught for the department as it would have to confront the appearance that it quietly dropped the case in order to shield Navarro after he was tapped as a senior adviser to the president. Continue reading...

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