FBI director Kash Patel mentioned on Wednesday he can be open to investigating a birthday observe that Donald Trump allegedly wrote to the late Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 for the convicted intercourse offender’s fiftieth birthday. The assertion got here below questioning from Rep. Jared Moskowitz throughout a Home Oversight Committee listening to.Moskowitz pressed Patel on whether or not he would examine the Epstein property for releasing a doc that the White Home has denounced as a forgery. “You’ve seen the image of the lady’s physique with the president’s signature—he says it’s not his. Will you open up an investigation?” Moskowitz requested. After initially questioning the premise for such an inquiry, Patel responded: “Certain, I’ll do it.”The doc, launched by Epstein’s property, exhibits an overview of a feminine determine with a message suggesting that Trump and Epstein “have sure issues in frequent,” in keeping with The Hill. The White Home insists the signature is faux. Final week, Oversight Committee chair James Comer rejected Democratic calls to usher in a handwriting professional, saying the panel’s focus ought to stay on Epstein’s victims and doable authorities involvement. “I don’t suppose a birthday card 20 years in the past has any relevance by any means,” Comer mentioned.Trump has denied authoring the observe and sued The Wall Road Journal for defamation over a July report in regards to the alleged letter. White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned Trump “didn’t draw this image, and he didn’t signal it,” including that his authorized staff would proceed pursuing litigation. The controversy comes as members of Congress enhance strain for the discharge of the complete Epstein case information. Trump has dismissed these calls as a partisan ploy, labelling them a “Democrat hoax.”
