President Donald Trump's repeated denials of the Wall Street Journal's reporting that he had sent a salacious doodle of a naked woman to the late financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in his birthday book two decades ago became much harder on Monday, when House Democrats released what they claimed to be that very image produced from a subpoena.
The image, which, in line with the Journal's description, featured a poem outlined by the naked female form, saying he and Epstein had "certain things in common" and wishing him that "every day be another wonderful secret," prompted yet another wave of mockery from commenters on social media.
"HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist," stated the official account for the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. "Trump talks about a 'wonderful secret' the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files!"
"President Trump filed a $10 billion dollar lawsuit against the @WSJ, its owners, publisher and two reporters, for reporting the existence of the letter, apparently produced below in compliance with subpoena, which he denied existed," wrote NBC News reporter Garrett Haake.
"MASSIVE BREAKING: Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate just provided a copy of the birthday book Trump Signed and placed a disgusting poem in for Epstein," wrote liberal commentator Brian Krassenstein. "Congress just released the full letter and signature! I have no doubt in my mind that this is Trump's Signature. Trump must answer to the American people IMMEDIATELY and RESIGN!"
"That’s FBI Informant Donald Trump to you," wrote podcaster Jon Favreau, referencing the latest unsupported claims by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that Trump served as an FBI informant in the Epstein case.
"Remember when Trump said the birthday card he signed and sent to Epstein 'doesn’t exist'? Anyway, here it is," stated the account for The Lincoln Project.
"The constant denials and lying just mean you’re going to get your lies rubbed in your face and it ultimately makes any malfeasance (or even lack of malfeasance!) look worse than it might be," wrote attorney Blake Allen. "But, Trump’s browbeaten most MAGA into line on this (w/ lots of egg on their face)."
"Don't know what I expected exactly, but this is somehow worse than that," wrote Crooked Media founder Jon Lovett on X.