(Washington) Donald Trump assured Tuesday that it was “not his signature” which appeared on a birthday letter to the salar tone addressed to the sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein, made public this week by the Democratic opposition, in a case that embarrasses the American president.
This letter, dating from 2003 and awarded to Donald Trump, was made public on Monday by democratic parliamentarians, while the Epstein affair, named after a rich New York financier, who died in prison in 2019 before his trial for sexual crimes, ignited the United States.
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“It is not my signature and it is not my way of speaking, whoever has followed me for a long time knows that it is not my way of expressing myself. It’s absurd, “said the American president during a short exchange with the press outside a Washington restaurant.
This is the first public reaction of the Republican leader since the dissemination of this letter.
This shows a sketch of female bust, with an imaginary exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, at the time two faces of the New York jet set. A signature seeming to be that of the future American president is at the foot of the text, in place of the pubis of the drawn woman.
” Happy birthday. Whether every day is another wonderful secret, ”concludes the typed text.
Earlier Tuesday, the White House said it was favorable to the use of writing experts to judge the authenticity of the signatures attributed to Donald Trump.
“The president has one of the best known signatures in the world, and this has been the case for many years,” said the spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, during a press briefing.
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White house spokesperson Karoline Leavitt
“The president did not write this letter. He did not sign this letter, ”she said. “This is the reason why his legal team attacked the Wall Street Journal “, Which had revealed in July the existence of this letter.
THE New York Times However, published Monday, several letters signed by Donald Trump and dating from the late 1990s or the early 2000s, whose signatures brought a striking resemblance to that appearing on the 2003 letter.
Another document was made public on Monday by the Democrats, a photo on which Jeffrey Epstein appears with several people, holding a giant check of 22,500 dollars visibly signed by the name of Donald Trump (“Djtrump”), accompanied by a text evoking the “sale” of a woman “completely devalued”.
“Have you seen the signature on this check?” “Said Karoline Leavitt. “This is not the signature of Donald Trump. Absolutely not. The president did not sign this check, ”she insisted.
The Epstein affair has been poisoning Donald Trump for many weeks for long weeks, in particular with his base which is drunk with conspiracy theories, according to which Jeffrey Epstein was murdered to prevent him from involving leading personalities.