Lists, logs and files

The birthday book and the estate emails

Maxwell’s 50th-birthday album, the “Donald” letter and “knew about the girls”

RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Documented

Documented that the album and emails are real records from the estate. What individual entries mean, including the letter bearing Trump’s name, which he denies writing, is disputed. None of it is evidence that a writer took part in abuse.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

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“Trump wrote the bawdy birthday letter signed “Donald.””

The page is in the estate’s album. Trump denies writing or signing it; his suit against the WSJ was dismissed and refiled.

Who says it: Wall Street Journal; House Oversight.

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Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. CNN: House Oversight releases Epstein “birthday book,” 8 Sep 2025 ↗

    Report on the book’s contents.

  2. House Oversight Committee: Records provided by the Epstein estate, 8 Sep 2025 ↗

    The estate’s production under subpoena: the birthday book, the will, the non-prosecution agreement and address-book pages.

  3. Reuters: Congress releases Epstein’s birthday book, including alleged Trump letter, 8 Sep 2025 ↗

    Wire report, with the White House denial.

  4. House Oversight Democrats: Committee releases Epstein email correspondence, 12 Nov 2025 ↗

    The minority’s selection of three emails. Selected by one party; read with the full set.

  5. House Oversight Committee: Additional Epstein estate documents, 12 Nov 2025 ↗

    The majority’s release of about 20,000 pages the same day.

  6. AP: Epstein email says Trump “knew about the girls,” Nov 2025 ↗

    Wire report on the Democrats’ release, with the White House response.

  7. POLITICO: Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump, 12 Nov 2025 ↗

    Report on his 2018 emails to Thorbjørn Jagland about Putin and Lavrov.

  8. Reuters: Judge throws out Trump’s defamation case against the Wall Street Journal, 13 Apr 2026 ↗

    Report on the actual-malice ruling, with leave to refile.

  9. Reuters: Trump refiles $10 billion defamation suit against WSJ over Epstein report, 28 May 2026 ↗

    Report on the amended complaint.

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