Trump previously had a relationship with the late disgraced financier, who died in a jail cell in 2019 as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges.

President Donald Trump will not recommend appointing a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case, his press secretary said on Thursday, amid pressure from some of his supporters and renewed public scrutiny on the convicted sex offender's connections to powerful figures.

President Trump threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal over a story detailing a letter he sent Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's 50th birthday.

The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday letter in 2003. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman. The letter was part of an album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell – pages of which are among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago,

Sources tell Variety that the White House attempted to block the publication of a Wall St. Journal article about President Donald Trump allegedly writing a letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 that contains suggestive language.

A year ago, we scrubbed the public record. Here are our updated findings. “It’s all been a hoax that’s perpetrated by the Democrats. And some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net.”

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a letter with President Donald Trump’s name and what appears to be a lewd hand-drawn image of a woman was sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. President Trump denies that he wrote the letter or drew the picture saying,

The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

The Justice Department this week fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in New York who was involved in cases against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Some Republicans have called for the appointment of a special counsel, as MAGA allies have raged over the handling of the Epstein investigation.

Leavitt had to navigate a tough room of reporters demanding answers on Thursday about the Trump administration’s handling of Epstein’s case. When asked what part of the Epstein situation was a “hoax,” Leavitt blamed Democrats and the media for the outcry over the documents.