These are the names that were reportedly in Epstein’s birthday book
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Trump Is Definitely in Epstein’s Birthday Book—and It Gets Worse
The New York Times reported that Trump was on a list of contributors to a book celebrating pedophile Jeff Epstein. The list also included other well-known Epstein associates, such as former Victoria’s Secret owner Leslie H. Wexner.
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Trump’s name appeared on a contributor list for Epstein’s birthday book, despite the president’s repeated denials that he was ever involved or contributed to a book of personalized messages celebrating the well-connected pedophile, reported The New York Times. The Times’s story backs up the bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal last week.
Trump was one of a dozen people listed as having been involved in the project, organized by Epstein’s longtime girlfriend and criminal associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The list also included other well-known Epstein associates, such as former Victoria’s Secret owner Leslie H. Wexner, Bear Stearns CEO Alan C. Greenberg, and physicist Murray Gell-Mann, reported the Times.
Trump and Clinton named. Here’s who else is allegedly in the Jeffrey Epstein birthday letters book
The leather-bound book was compiled in 2003 by the late sex offender’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. Clinton is the latest high-profile figure who reportedly wrote a note in the birthday book to Epstein, according to the Wall Street Journal. Names include Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, fashion designer Vera Wang, former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold and U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson. The book was reportedly grouped into categories that included: “Friends,” “Business,’ “Brooklyn,�” and “Family.” It was reportedly compiled by Maxwell, who is being questioned by Justice Department officials this week to see if she has additional information about the controversial case. The firestorm surrounding the Epstein files shows no signs of abating, and Republican leadership ushered in the summer recess early in a bid to buy more time to deal with the scandal. The list of Epstein’s acquaintances in the book has been reviewed by the WSJ and the New York Times.
The leather-bound book was compiled in 2003 by the late sex offender’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is being questioned by Justice Department officials this week to see if she has additional information about the controversial case.
The list of Epstein’s acquaintances in the book has been reviewed by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
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Trump and his team have tried to change the subject while Republican leadership ushered in the summer recess early in a bid to buy more time to deal with the scandal. But the firestorm surrounding the Epstein files shows no signs of abating.
Clinton is the latest high-profile figure who reportedly wrote a note in the birthday book to Epstein, according to the Journal, and he joins a number of other well-known personalities.
Messages were reportedly grouped into categories that included: “Friends,” “Business,” “Brooklyn,” and “Family.”
Former President Bill Clinton, pictured with President Donald Trump, is the latest high-profile figure who reportedly wrote a note in the birthday book to Epstein, according to the Journal. (Bill Clinton Presidential Library)
Names include Wall Street billionaire Leon Black, fashion designer Vera Wang, media owner Mort Zuckerman, former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold and U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson.
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In Wang’s letter to Epstein, the fashion mogul suggested the pair go on a shopping trip and joked about the disgraced financier going on The Bachelor, according to the Journal. Wang told the outlet in 2023 that she regretted ever associating with Epstein and did not respond to a request for comment.
Private equity investor Black, who met Epstein around 1996, wrote Epstein a handwritten poem, according to the Journal.
Fashion designer Vera Wang reportedly wrote a note to Epstein suggesting that the pair go on shopping trip together. Wang previously said she regretted her association with Epstein. (Getty Images)
Two lines of the poem, signed with “Love and kisses, Leon,” reportedly read:
Blonde, Red or Brunette, spread out geographically
With this net of fish, Jeff’s now ‘The Old Man and The Sea’
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Black previously said he “deeply regrets” having had any involvement with the convicted pedophile. A spokesman for the billionaire declined to comment on the note.
The note from British politician Mandelson referred to Epstein as “my best pal,” and included pictures of a tropical island and whiskey, according to the Journal.
The politician told the outlet in 2023 that he “very much regrets ever having been introduced to Epstein.” A spokesperson for Mandelson declined to comment when approached by the outlet.
The note from U.K. ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, referred to Epstein as “my best pal,” and included pictures of a tropical island and whiskey, according to the Journal. (AFP/Getty)
Former Microsoft executive and billionaire Nathan Myhrvold reportedly wrote in the book that he was sending Epstein photos from a recent trip to Africa. Photos that followed included lions and zebras mating, where a zebra’s penis was reportedly visible. “They seemed more appropriate than anything I could put in words,” the letter said, according to the Journal.
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Myhrvold said he doesn’t recall the writing the note and as a wildlife photographer, he “regularly shares photos of and writes about animal behavior,” a spokesperson told the outlet. The spokesperson added that the billionaire only knew Epstein through a TED conference.
Billionaire Mort Zuckerman, who owned the New York Daily News at the time, wrote in his letter that “he had searched the newspaper for information about Epstein and joked he was born in Liechtenstein and had a wife and three children,” the Journal reports. Zuckerman did not respond to the outlet’s request for comment.
Other associates of Epstein’s who feature in the book reportedly include Victoria’s Secret owner Leslie Wexner, who previously condemned Epstein’s crimes as “abhorrent,” the late Wall Street titan Alan Greenberg, and the late businessman James Cayne, who both worked with Epstein at the Bear Stearns investment bank in the 1970s.
Trump, who has vehemently denied ever writing a note to Epstein, tried to deflect attention onto Clinton when speaking to reporters Friday.
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Clinton’s handwritten note reportedly read: “It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends.”
Clinton’s association with Epstein ended more than a decade before he was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges, a previous statement said. (Bill Clinton Presidential Library)
A Clinton spokesman declined to comment to the Journal and instead referred to a previous statement saying the former president’s association with Epstein ended more than a decade before he was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges. The statement also said Clinton didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes, the Journal reports.
The Journal previously reported Trump’s birthday letter to Epstein included a drawing of a naked woman and a note that read: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Trump has denied authoring any such letter and is suing the Journal, its parent company and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion.
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“The Wall Street Journal is writing yet another defamatory story about the President of the United States about an alleged letter they don’t even have because the President never wrote it,” said Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, in response to the outlet’s latest bombshell report.
Trump socialized with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s, but reportedly cut ties before Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18.
While Trump has not been accused of any formal wrongdoing or charged with any crime, his proximity to Epstein, someone he once called a friend, has heightened conspiracy theories that the government is withholding documents that could reveal embarrassing information about high-profile individuals.
Additional reporting from Rachel Dobkin
Bill Clinton reportedly sent Epstein letter with ‘childlike curiosity’ for birthday book
Bill Clinton reportedly sent Epstein letter with ‘childlike curiosity’ for birthday book. New reporting claims Jeffrey Epstein received letters for his 50th birthday book from a high-profile list of acquaintances, including former president Bill Clinton and fashion designer Vera Wang. Around five dozen others also reportedly submitted letters to the book, including fashion designer Leon Black, and media owner Mort Zuckerman. The Wall Street Journal claims to have seen letters from the birthday book collated in 2003, three years before Epstein was first arrested on state felony charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and solicitation of a prostitute. The publication reports that Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell assembled the book 18 years before she was found guilty in 2021 of assisting in Epstein’s sex trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Clinton and Trump were reportedly both listed under the “Friends” group, which supposedly contained around 20 names including attorney Alan Dershowitz, late modeling agency leader Jean-Luc Brunel and former Victoria’s Secret leader Leslie Wexner.
New reporting claims Jeffrey Epstein received letters for his 50th birthday book from a high-profile list of acquaintances, including former president Bill Clinton and fashion designer Vera Wang
Bill Clinton visited Jeffrey Epstein at his Manhattan townhouse and took four trips on his private jet.
Former President Bill Clinton reportedly submitted a letter to Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book at the behest of Ghislaine Maxwell, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The publication claims the letter included a single paragraph referencing the late child sex offender’s “childlike curiosity” and the “solace” of his friends. Around five dozen others also reportedly submitted letters to the book, the Journal reported, including fashion designer Vera Wang, billionaire Leon Black, and media owner Mort Zuckerman – none of whom have been implicated in any of Epstein’s crimes.
Last week, the Journal claimed that President Donald Trump submitted a letter and nude drawing for the same leather-bound album. Trump has vehemently denied any involvement with the sketch or the letter, calling it “a fake thing” and filing a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Journal’s owner and several journalists.
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A spokesperson for Dow Jones, the Journal’s publisher, stated they have “full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit.”
Now the Journal says Clinton reportedly wrote in his letter to Epstein: “It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends.”
The new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals several high-profile individuals who reportedly wrote crude or sexual birthday notes for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 (Image: William J. Clinton Presidential Library)
The Journal reported that Clinton was photographed at the White House with Epstein and Maxwell in 1993 and socialized with Epstein in the early 2000s. Sources told the Journal that Epstein also hung a painting in his Manhattan townhouse depicting Clinton dressed in a blue dress and red heels.
A spokesman for Clinton said in 2019 that Clinton took four trips on Epstein’s private jet and visited his Manhattan home once. His Secret Service team accompanied him on each of these trips.
The Journal claims to have seen letters from the birthday book collated in 2003, three years before Epstein was first arrested on state felony charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and solicitation of a prostitute. The publication reports that Epstein’s associate Maxwell assembled the book 18 years before she was found guilty in 2021 of assisting in Epstein’s sex trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The birthday book was bound professionally, the Journal reported, and organized into multiple volumes along with a table of contents. Clinton and Trump were reportedly both listed under the “Friends” group, which supposedly contained around 20 names including attorney Alan Dershowitz, late modeling agency leader Jean-Luc Brunel and former Victoria’s Secret leader Leslie Wexner, according to the Journal.
The Journal reported that the book also contained letters from people listed under categories such as “Business,” “Science,” “Brooklyn,” and “Family.”
One letter, reportedly written by billionaire and former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold, said he was sending photographs he had taken during a recent trip to Africa. “They seemed more appropriate than anything I could put into words,” he reportedly wrote. What followed were photos of a monkey screaming, zebras and lions mating, and a zebra with its penis exposed.
Trump, who socialized with Epstein in the 1990s and 2000s, said in 2019 that he had cut ties with him about 15 years prior. (Image: Getty Images)
A spokeswoman for Myhrvold told the Journal he did not remember the letter, that he is a wildlife photographer who “regularly shares photos of and writes about animal behavior,” and only knew Epstein through attending TED conferences and because he was a donor to scientific research.
The letter from Wall Street billionaire Black reportedly contained a rhyming poem, including two lines that read: “Blonde, Red or Brunette, spread out geographically // With this net of fish, Jeff’s now ‘The Old Man and The Sea’.”
When approached by the Journal, a spokesman for Black declined to comment on the letter, but a legal review found that Black had previously said he regretted having any involvement with Epstein despite paying him nearly $150 million from 2012 to 2017 for tax and estate planning.
Vera Wang’s letter reportedly joked about Epstein being on “The Bachelor,” a long-running reality television show where a large group of women vie for the favor of one man. Wang did not respond to requests for comment from The Journal, though she said in 2023 she regretted associating with Epstein.
Despite campaigning on releasing the alleged Epstein client list in 2024, Trump has recently attacked anyone who demands the release of the files, including his own supporters. (Image: Internet Unknown)
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Trump had promised to release the Epstein files as part of his 2024 presidential campaign, but in recent weeks began to attack the probe into Epstein as “boring” and the work of “bad people.”
On Thursday, Maxwell was allowed out of prison in order to meet Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to discuss Epstein as Donald Trump continues to face fury over the handling of the case.
Law enforcement agencies have not accused Trump, Clinton or any of the other individuals who reportedly sent birthday letters of any wrongdoing related to Epstein and none of them have ever been identified as a target of any associated investigation.
Shocking new claim that Trump is in Epstein’s birthday book after disturbing letter he allegedly wrote revealed
Donald Trump may have contributed to Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book. Wall Street Journal article claims to contain a letter from Trump to Epstein. Trump has hit back at the report, claiming it is a ‘fake’ letter. The book is in possession of the Epstein estate, according to a lawyer for Epstein’s victims. California representative Ro Khanna has said he plans to try and subpoena the book – meaning there might soon be definitive proof as to whether the book, and Trump’s message, is real. The Epstein estate told ABC it would ‘comply with all lawful processes’, but did not confirm if the book has the book or if it contains aletter from Trump. The president has repeatedly claimed that he did not like Epstein and had not spoken to him for years prior to him facing accusations of sex crimes. The DOJ and FBI said they found no evidence of a ‘client list’ that Epstein used to blackmail powerful individuals.
Despite Donald Trump’s wish that people stop talking about disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, new claims continue to amass.
The Trump administration’s insistence that people should move on from Epstein has resulted in more people delving deeper into Epstein’s past, including his relationship with Trump.
This has also intensified since the DOJ and FBI said they found no evidence of a ‘client list’ that Epstein used to blackmail powerful individuals.
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Trump’s friendship with Epstein has not been a secret, however the president has repeatedly claimed that he did not like Epstein and had not spoken to him for years prior to him facing accusations of sex crimes.
What is Epstein’s birthday book?
Donald Trump has hit back at an article that claims to contain a letter he wrote to the late Jeffrey Epstein (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Last week the Wall Street Journal published a piece that claimed Ghislaine Maxwell, a former partner and accomplice of Epstein, collected messages from Epstein’s associates to celebrate his 50th birthday in 2003.
WSJ reports the letter featured a few lines of typewritten text, which was seemingly framed by a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman.
“Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret,” the alleged letter concluded, before being signed off with just ‘Donald’.
Trump went on to claim the letter was fake, but a report by the New York Times has now claimed Trump’s name is also on a list of contributors for Epstein’s birthday book.
Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20 year sentence for helping Epstein sexually abuse minors, wrote in an introductory letter that she had gathered messages and old photographs from the convicted pedophile’s friends, adding: “I know you will enjoy looking through the book, and I hope you will derive as much pleasure looking through it as I did putting it together for you.”
Where is Epstein’s birthday book now?
The alleged birthday book is in possession of the Epstein estate, according to Brad Edwards, a lawyer for Epstein’s victims.
But California representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat, has said he plans to try and subpoena the book – meaning there might soon be definitive proof as to whether the book, and Trump’s message, is real.
The Epstein estate told ABC it would ‘comply with all lawful processes’, but did not confirm if the estate has the book or if it contains a letter from Trump.
Has Trump responded to the Epstein claims?
Trump has not addressed his name appearing in the contributors list. However, he denounced the report from the WSJ and insisted they were peddling a ‘fake’ letter.
Writing on Truth Social, he commented: “The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch, personally, were warned directly by President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they printed by President Trump to Epstein was a FAKE and, if they print it, they will be sued.
“Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2005 (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
“The Editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was told directly by Karoline Leavitt, and by President Trump, that the letter was a FAKE, but Emma Tucker didn’t want to hear that. Instead, they are going with a false, malicious, and defamatory story anyway.
“President Trump will be suing The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp, and Mr. Murdoch, shortly. The Press has to learn to be truthful, and not rely on sources that probably don’t even exist.”
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