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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Epstein birthday book renews questions about links to rich and powerful men

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Jeffrey Epstein with the cheque for $22,500 bearing ‘DJ Trump’ on the signature line. Photograph: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform E

After House Democrats released a scrapbook gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday, questions have emerged about whether the late child-sex trafficker’s proclivities were an open secret or, at the very least, rumored in the circle of powerful and rich people that surrounded him.

Indeed, the so-called birthday book, which was compiled by Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, contains multiple letters that are laden with sexual innuendo – including one alleged missive from Donald Trump.

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