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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

The president doth protest too much: Trump’s denial on Epstein is backfiring

Epstein and Trump, both in suit coats, Trump in a pink tie, lean together, with Trump's hand on Epstein's shoulder.
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1997. Photograph: Davidoff Studios Photography/Getty Images

It took Trump chronicler Maggie Haberman to cut to the chase: if Trump didn’t sign the birthday card or other documents released by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, the reporter asked in a quiet yet insistent tone, what’s the working theory as to why he’s in there?

“The president has one of the most famous signatures in the world,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, replied on Tuesday. “The president did not write that letter. He did not sign those documents.”

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