Trump Threatens to Sue The New York Times Over Reporting on Epstein Drawing
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to sue The New York Times for publishing articles related to a sexually suggestive note and drawing that was given to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and appears to have been signed by Mr. Trump. The note was released by Congress this week.
Mr. Trump and his aides have denied that he was involved in the creation of the note, which was presented to Mr. Epstein as part of a gift for his 50th birthday in 2003. The White House described it as a fabrication.
The Times reported in an article on Monday that the signature on the Epstein note — the name “Donald,” with a long tail attached to the final “d” — closely resembled the signatures on personal notes that Mr. Trump wrote to New York City officials from 1987 through 2001.
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