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President Donald Trump has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce “any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony,” related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, seeming to bow to pressure to release more material on the case.
Donald Trump was up late Thursday and he was not happy with the Wall Street Journal’s report that he gifted Jeffrey Epstein with a letter featuring a drawing of a naked woman for his 50th birthday party.
The controversy over President Donald Trump’s handling of records from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation entered a new dimension Thursday as his administration struggles to make good on its promises to release details on the sex trafficking case involving a one-time friend of the now-president.
The cards were surreptitiously inserted onto a souvenir carousel and featured an old photo of Trump with the late convicted sex offender Epstein, when the pair were close friends, said comedy duo Davram Stiefler and Jason Selvig, known as The Good Liars, who were behind the stunt.
The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday letter in 2003. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman. The letter was part of an album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell – pages of which are among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago,
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was among dozens of associates who wrote Epstein a letter in 2003 to mark his 50th birthday. Trump said he will sue the newspaper.
President Donald Trump continued to face backlash from his MAGA supporters over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi "to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval" related to the case.