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On Thursday evening, the “Wall Street Journal” published a explosive report on letters that are said to have been given to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday. And the 2003 Maxwell, also convicted sex offender in 2003, were put together in an album. According to the newspaper, there was also a note with Donald Trump’s name among the dozens of Epstein’s. Surrounded by a drawing of a naked woman. It also said: “We have certain similarities, Jeffrey.”
Trump and his drawings
In an interview with the “Wall Street Journal” on Tuesday, the president denied the letter to have written or drawn the picture. He threatened a lawsuit against the newspaper if she published the story. “I’ve never painted a picture in my life. I don’t draw any pictures of women,” he said according to the “Journal”. “This is not my language. These are not my words.” Despite the president’s claim that he had never scribbled in his 79 years of life, there is numerous evidence of the opposite.
For example, there is this mediocre sketch of the skyline of Manhattan, drawn by Trump, who brought $ 30,000 at an auction. With the Trump Tower in the center, the picture was made by today’s president two decades ago for a charity.
Then there would be the felt drawing drawing of the Empire State Building, which Trump scribbled for another charity in 1995. And which was sold for $ 16,000 in 2017.
Trump himself has praised his artistic generosity. In his book “Trump Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges Into Success” published in 2010: “Sometimes the Give gives you open up new talent. Every year I donate a signed doodle for the ‘Doodle for Hunger’ in Tavern on the Green. It only takes a few minutes to draw something. Art may not need my strength.”
According to the “Journa” L, the album was one of the documents checked by officials from the Ministry of Justice, which Epstein and Maxwell examined in connection with allegations of abuse. It is unclear whether any pages of the leather-bound collection are part of the recent review by the Trump government.
Context and reactions
The message about the alleged letter comes at a time when a persistent Maga uprising rages. Because supporters of the President continue to condemn the Memo’s memo, in which it is said that it was convinced that Epstein has committed suicide in prison. And that the procedure is basically set. Since then, the relationship of the President of Epstein has been under observation again. The two were photographed several times in the 1990s and early 2000s. They were recorded together on video at a party. And Trump appeared in Epstein’s private jet flight protocols.
Trump rejected again on Thursday that he had signed the letter or scribbled the suggestive drawing. “The Wall Street Journal has published a fake letter. Supposedly on Epstein,” he said on Truth Social. “These are not my words. I don’t speak. Besides, I don’t draw any pictures.”