The House Democrats on the Oversight Committee unleashed images of some of the documents contained in a book gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday from Ghislaine Maxwell.
Included along with the “bawdy doodle” of a letter within the shape of a woman signed by Donald Trump was another image of an oversized check signed by Trump to Epstein, for the sale of a “fully depreciated woman” in the amount of $22,500.
There is a handwritten note below a photograph of the check being held up by Epstein and longtime Mar-a-Lago member Joel Pashcow, saying, “Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women sells ‘fully depreciated’ [redacted] to Donald Trump for $22,500.” The name is redacted in the image.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the woman with the redacted name in the image “said she doesn’t know Pashcow and has no knowledge of the letter naming her.”
House Dems also released the image of the doodle that Trump claimed doesn’t exist.
Trump forcefully rejected the claim that he authored or signed the drawing. “This is a complete fabrication,” a spokesperson said in a statement, labeling the committee’s move “another desperate smear.” The former president has previously acknowledged knowing Epstein but has long insisted he cut ties with him well before Epstein’s 2008 conviction for sex offenses. — Meidas Touch