What Trump’s ‘birthday card’ to Epstein said as he threatens to sue WSJ and Rupert Murdoch: Live updates

MAGA allies who turned their backs on President Donald Trump for failing to release Jeffrey Epstein’s client list are reinvigorated over his vow to unseal bombshell testimony about the disgraced billionaire.

The WSJ said the birthday card featured the outline of a naked woman with pubic hair drawn out by the signature ‘Donald.’ The typewritten text reads: ‘Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.’

Trump denied he wrote the letter while threatening to sue the newspaper and its owner Rupert Murdoch.

He also promised to release the grand jury testimony to spite the media and Democrats who have perpetuated the so-called ‘Epstein hoax.’

The promise has renewed hope among MAGA loyalists who have been publicly criticizing him and Bondi for failing to deliver on a campaign pledge to release Epstein’s client list.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Part of Donald Trump’s denial that he sent a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein is that: ‘I don’t draw pictures.’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted a six-year-old article from the Washington Post where Trump’s drawing of the New York City skyline was up for auction.

‘I never wrote a picture in my life,’ the Democrat captioned the image in a troll of Trump’s threat to sue the Journal.

Donald Trump claimed there is nothing connecting him to the disgraced billionaire after The Wall Street Journal published a report claiming he wrote him a scandalous birthday card.

‘If there was a “smoking gun” on Epstein, why didn’t the Dems, who controlled the “files” for four years, and had Garland and Comey in charge, use it?’ Trump said on Truth Social Friday morning.

‘BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING!!!’

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Rep. Andy Fine (R-Fla.) is introducing legislation that would terminate the House of Representative contract with the Wall Street Journal.

Houise offices have subscriptions to most major newspapers so lawmakers and their staff can read all outlets at no cost to themselves.

But Fine thinks the WSJ should no longer be available after publishing an article that claimed President Donald Trump sent a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 with a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman.

President Donald Trump allegedly sent a salacious birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein that included a risqué hand-drawn picture of a naked woman with a cryptic message inside.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump participated in a 50th birthday album organized for the disgraced billionaire by his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

The birthday letter included what appears to be Trump’s famous signature and was obtained by the WSJ.

The outline of a naked woman allegedly frames typewritten text which reads: ‘Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.’

According to the Journal, the naked woman appeared to have been hand-drawn with a marker, with a pair of arcs indicating the woman’s breasts and a squiggly signature reading ‘Donald’ appearing in her pubic region, mimicking hair.

Trump vehemently denied any involvement in the drawing or writing of the text.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna vowed that ‘phase three’ of the Epstein files will resulte din a ‘coup.’

The Florida congresswoman in charge of the House Oversight Task Force’s declassification of federal secrets thanked Attorney General Pam Bondi for preparing to request the grand jury testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Depsite the uproar over the botched review, Luna claims that Bondi was ‘quietly’ working behind the scenes to get more information ready for release.

‘This is the most transparent administration in U.S. history,’ she wrote on X.

The Republican shared on a podcast with conservative pundit Benny Johnson that he would like more transparency from the White House surrounding the highly sought after files on the deceased pedophile.

Asked if he would support efforts to have Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell testify before Congress, the speaker said ‘I’m for transparency.’ He also appeared open to Congress issuing subpoenas to the FBI and Department of Justice to force the agencies to turn over any previously undisclosed files.

‘We’re intellectually consistent in this… I trust him (Trump). He put together a team of his choosing and they’re doing a great job,’ the Republican said. ‘It’s a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide.’

‘The White House, and the White House team, are privy to facts that I don’t know. I mean this isn’t my lane, I haven’t been involved in that. But I agree with the sentiment that we need to put it out there.’

Last week’s two-page statement from the Justice Department and the FBI saying they had concluded Epstein did not have a client list roiled Trump’s supporters, who pointed to past statements from several administration officials that the list ought to be revealed.

Bondi had suggested in February such a document was sitting on her desk waiting for review, though last week she said she’d been referring generally to the Epstein case file, not a client list.

Conservative influencers have since demanded to see all the files related to Epstein’s crimes, even as Trump has tried to put the issue to bed.

Far-right commentator Jack Posobiec said at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit on Saturday he wouldn’t rest ‘until we go full January 6 committee on the Jeffrey Epstein files.’

Jeffrey Epstein’s former attorney Alan Dershowitz wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that the late child abuser ‘never created a client’s list.’

Dershowitz said the FBI interviewed Epstein victims who named ‘clients’ whose names have been redacted from the files.

‘They should be disclosed but the courts have ordered them sealed,’ he wrote. ‘I know who they are. They don’t include any current officeholders.’

Dershowitz also said ‘It is clear from the evidence that Epstein committed suicide.’

He added: ‘What isn’t clear is whether he was assisted by jail personnel. That seems likely to me, based on the evidence of allegedly broken cameras, transfer of his cellmate and the absence of guards during relevant time periods.’

Dershowitz appeared on NewsNation’s CUOMO on Monday and echoed his claims.

‘What there is is a redacted FBI affidavit from accusers,’ the attorney told Chris Cuomo. ‘There are several of them from accusers that accuse Jeffrey, that accuse various people of having improper sex, and that has been redacted. The names of the people accused have been blacked out.’

Dershowitz said some of the people in the affidavit ‘were previously in office. Some of them are dead, but there is no client list.’