White House Backs Forensic Analysis of Alleged Trump Signature on Jeffrey Epstein Letter

The White House announced Tuesday it would back a forensic examination of a signature on a letter released by House Democrats, which they say was found in a birthday book belonging to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; White House officials insist the signature is not President Donald Trump’s.

House Democrats made the letter public Monday; the document is over two decades old and was revealed amid congressional probes into Epstein. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters the administration would support a forensic review to verify authenticity and reiterated that neither the letter nor an allegedly signed check belonged to the president. “The president did not write this letter. He did not sign this letter,” Leavitt said.

President Trump also told reporters the handwriting and phrasing on the note were not his. “That’s not my language. It’s nonsense,” he said.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, who subpoenaed documents from the Epstein estate including the birthday book, said he took the president at his word that he did not sign the letter. Four House Republicans joined a bipartisan petition seeking release of all government documents related to Epstein.

Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican, said the note “looks like his signature” and expressed hope the committee would pursue forensic testing. Comer said his committee was unlikely to fund examination of a signature from many years ago.

Last week lawmakers met with Epstein’s victims at the U.S. Capitol. When asked if he would meet with them, Trump said he hadn’t thought about it and, while expressing distaste for the abuse, declined to say he would meet with the survivors.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed Tuesday found 65% of respondents believed the government was hiding information about Epstein’s 2019 death (ruled a suicide) and 72% believed the government was hiding the alleged trafficker’s client list; both figures rose slightly from July. The poll of 1,084 adults also found 44% of Republican respondents approved of how Trump was handling the Epstein matter (up from 35% in July), while overall approval for his handling of the issue was 17%.

Leavitt accused Democrats of using the Epstein documents to harm the president and called their actions a “hoax,” saying Republicans in the Justice Department had provided more transparency on the Epstein case than prior administrations.

Source: reuters