4 h. ago As the Epstein case shows, Trump’s Maga faithful care about only one kind of sex

E Jean Carroll won her case, but in Trumpland the only sex offences that matter are committed by paedophiles with links to DemocratsOn Monday, Donald Trump appeared in two, unrelated stories involving the sexual abuse of women. The first was a ruling by the US federal court of appeals, upholding an earlier judgment in which the president was found liable for $83.3m in damages for defaming the writer E Jean Carroll – a woman whom, it was ruled in civil court in 2023, had been sexually abused by Trump. On the same day, Trump’s alleged contribution to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s “birthday book” was shared by Democrats on social media in the form of a lewd drawing the president denied having made. The E Jean Carroll news caused no public inconvenience for Trump; the Epstein story went up like a mushroom cloud in what has become the most politically dangerous episode of his presidency.What, exactly, is the difference then between the sexual abuse of E Jean Carroll, for which ...

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18 h. 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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19 h. ago Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Epstein letter: ‘A Picasso of pervitude’

Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein as Republicans scramble to deny its validityLate-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump’s birthday drawing for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, and his visit on Monday to the Museum of the Bible. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago A look at Trump’s signature over the years after president denies signing Epstein birthday letter

President Trump has claimed a signature attached to a lewd letter in the latest tranche of Epstein files is not his

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23 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel blasts Republican ‘sycophants’ defending Trump over Epstein birthday book

Kimmel taunted Republicans questioning the authenticity of Trump’s signature in the disgraced financier’s birthday book

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24 h. ago Trump live: Oversight Committee chair says he takes president at his word over Epstein signature

Trump and the White House intensify their pushback over the ‘bawdy’ letter inside Epstein’s birthday book

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25 h. ago Trump lays out the reasons why ‘bawdy’ letter in Epstein’s birthday book is ‘nonsense’: Live

Trump and the White House have intensified their pushback over a sexually suggestive letter allegedly signed by the president for Epstein’s 50th birthday

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27 h. ago Trump lays out three reasons why ‘bawdy’ letter in Epstein’s birthday book is ‘nonsense’: Live

Trump and the White House have intensified their pushback over a sexually suggestive letter allegedly signed by the president for Epstein’s 50th birthday

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30 h. ago Trump live: White House supports ‘forensic’ analysis of ‘Donald’ signature on ‘bawdy’ birthday letter to Epstein

An infamous sexually suggestive letter in Epstein’s 50th birthday book sparks uproar as White House maintains it is a hoax

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36 h. 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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38 h. ago Trump White House supports ‘forensic’ analysis of ‘Donald’ signature on ‘bawdy’ birthday letter to Epstein: Live updates

Infamous ‘bawdy’ letter in Epstein’s 50th birthday book sparks uproar as White House maintains it is a hoax

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40 h. 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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40 h. 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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42 h. 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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42 h. ago Morning Joe shreds Trump’s argument that Epstein birthday letter is a ‘Democratic hoax’: ‘This is straight out of the Murdoch empire’

Letter allegedly shows Trump’s signature and the hand-drawn outline of a naked woman

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42 h. ago What is the truth about Trump and Epstein? The story keeps getting murkier ... | Arwa Mahdawi

Whatever happened between the pair, questions about their relationship are not going away. This enigma is ageing like raw milkYou have to keep this hush-hush, OK? I have top-secret information to share. You know Donald Trump has been reluctant to release the Epstein files? Well, it’s not because there’s anything nefarious going on. Trump may be an adjudicated sexual predator accused of sexual misconduct by at least 27 women (all of which he denies), who publicly boasted in 2002 about how his “terrific” pal Jeffrey Epstein liked women “on the younger side”, but you shouldn’t read too much into all that. Nor should you overanalyse a Wall Street Journal report claiming White House officials told Trump in May that his name appeared multiple times in the files. Or that House Democrats have now released a sexually suggestive letter and drawing sent to Epstein in 2003 for his birthday that appears to show Trump’s signature, the same note the president has denied writing. Nor should you wor...

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43 h. ago Jon Stewart on Donald Trump: ‘Something is up with his health’

Late-night hosts discuss speculation over Trump’s health, his rebranding of the ‘Department of War’ and his alleged lewd birthday letter to EpsteinLate-night hosts react to speculation over Donald Trump’s health and the newly released screenshot of Trump’s alleged lewd birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Eric Trump tosses out hilarious defense of Epstein birthday drawing: ‘My father does not sketch’

Eric Trump also compared the Epstein story to the ‘Russia hoax’ while fuming about the ‘level of dementia in the mainstream media.’

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46 h. ago Epstein birthday book includes joke about selling ‘fully depreciated’ woman to Trump for $22,500

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shared the photo after releasing President Trump’s alleged ‘bawdy’ letter to Epstein, which the White House insists is a hoax

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49 h. ago Who is Peter Mandelson and what do we know about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein?

Mr Mandelson has held some of the most senior roles in British politics

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