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BREMPRO

(2,343 posts)
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 04:40 PM Sep 8

Congress Obtains Drawing for Epstein Apparently Signed by Trump

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Source: NYT

"This image, subpoenaed from the Jeffrey Epstein estate by the Oversight Committee, was released by Democrats on the panel on Monday.
A key congressional committee on Monday obtained a note and sexually suggestive drawing apparently signed by Donald J. Trump and included in a book for the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003 -- a drawing that Mr. Trump has insisted is fake.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said they had viewed the drawing -- a figure of a naked woman with "Donald" written below her waist -- and posted a photo of it on their official social media account. The drawing, in thick black ink, outlines text that quotes an imagined conversation between Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein, with what appears to be Mr. Trump's distinctive signature below the woman's waist.

"The Oversight Committee has secured the infamous 'Birthday Book' that contains a note from President Trump that he has said does not exist," Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement. "It's time for the president to tell us the truth about what he knew and release all the Epstein files."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Taylor Budowich, the deputy chief of staff for communications, said in a social media post that the signature was not Mr. Trump's."



Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/epstein-trump-birthday-book.html?smid=url-share



Sure Sleaze Dump will say it's fake and his cult will believe him, but for the rest of us, we always knew it was real.
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Gaugamela

(3,015 posts)
1. Trump's supporters are claiming the signature is
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 04:49 PM
Sep 8

fake because it's different than his current one. However, a couple verifiable examples from the period have been produced that are identical to the signature on the card.

BREMPRO

(2,343 posts)
2. predictable
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 04:54 PM
Sep 8

Public: lets get the experts to analyze and authenticate the signature!
Experts: It's his signature.
Dump Cult: The experts are wrong because they believe in science!


just have to have your head in the sand about his past sleazy comments and behavior, rape conviction etc.. to not believe this is real.

Torchlight

(5,748 posts)
3. I drew one like that once, my excuse is that I was in sixth grade.
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 04:56 PM
Sep 8

I'm expecting the slings and arrows of "this may not be the real thing..." to hit the airwaves within the next for-profit news cycle. Much to their chagrin though, the story's not going away.

BREMPRO

(2,343 posts)
4. Dump said he couldn't draw
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 04:58 PM
Sep 8

This proves it lol!

5. Why do people keep saying "Drawing of a woman"?
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:06 PM
Sep 8

I'm sorry to be graphic, but that is not a developed woman's chest.

Mister Ed

(6,691 posts)
6. It does seem to be a drawing of a post-pubescent girl, doesn't it? n/t
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:14 PM
Sep 8

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,932 posts)
7. Because "drawing of a girl" would be too close to the target. Saying so might hurt profits. . . . . nt
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:15 PM
Sep 8

FakeNoose

(38,773 posts)
10. A girl with no head, arms or legs
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:22 PM
Sep 8

I guess that's the "secret" these guys are hinting at. (winky-wink)

BREMPRO

(2,343 posts)
8. good observation! Suspiciously undeveloped..
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:16 PM
Sep 8

fits the "Secret" narrative precisely

Mister Ed

(6,691 posts)
9. "Enigmas never age". It's been observed that "enigma" is a scrambled spelling of "gamine".
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:22 PM
Sep 8
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamine

gamine
noun
ga·​mine ga-ˈmēn
ˈga-ˌmēn


1: a girl who hangs around on the streets
2: a small playfully mischievous girl

BREMPRO

(2,343 posts)
11. that's a remarkable coincidence.. or is it?!
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:26 PM
Sep 8

wow.

BREMPRO

(2,343 posts)
12. HAHA!.. I just realized Dump's signature is pubic hair !
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:28 PM
Sep 8

so much subliminal meaning

These guys are REALLY CREEPY "Pals"

AZJonnie

(1,658 posts)
13. It really pains me to appear to be in any way defending Agent Orange, but this feels like a threat from Trump to JE
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:45 PM
Sep 8

If I was going to hazard a guess, this was actually a real (and recent at the time) conversation that Trump had with Epstein, which Trump recorded, and then put its contents onto this card, framed in an barely-developed girl's body. Which makes a lot of sense if the context of it was it's actually a thinly-veiled threat from Trump. Like "I know what you get up to, and I have recordings, so don't try to fuck with me" type of thing. Quite possibly because Epstein knew of Trump's illegal Russian dealings.

That's what I would bet on, personally

Omaha Steve

(107,162 posts)
14. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Mon Sep 8, 2025, 05:51 PM
Sep 8

DUPE of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143526169

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