A handwriting expert has shared their belief that the signature on a controversial birthday card to convicted billionaire Jeffrey Epstein belongs to President Donald Trump.
As previously reported, it was claimed that the 79-year-old sent a disturbing letter to the disgraced financier in 2003, which read: “Happy Birthday - and may every day be another wonderful secret."
The message, which included a sketch of a nude woman and ended with Trump’s signature, also features an imagined exchange between the two men, in which the president allegedly wrote that “enigmas never age” and “we have certain things in common".
Graphologist Emma Bache closely analyzed the signature and told Sky News she is "absolutely" certain it is Trump's.
"It is very much the signature he had in the 2000s. I can absolutely say it is Donald Trump's," she claimed.
Bache pointed to distinctive features of the signature, such as the unique formation of the 'o' in "Donald" and added: "He also has a very long horizontal stroke at the end of his name - which funnily enough is saying to people 'keep away' - and it's absolutely identical in pressure, in length and formation of about every single stroke (to his current official signature)."
The birthday message was part of a collection of documents released to Congress after being handed over by Epstein's estate.
According to The Guardian, these materials were compiled in a book titled The First Fifty Years by Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. It included notes from a range of high-profile figures, including former President Bill Clinton, Lord Mandelson, billionaire Leon Black, and defense attorney Alan Dershowitz.
However, the Trump note, featuring a hand-drawn nude figure, has attracted the most attention.
Despite the expert's analysis, the White House has vigorously denied that the US leader wrote the message.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt repeated the administration's stance, stating, "President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it."
The president himself has dismissed the letter as a "fake thing" and filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal for reporting on the alleged card. His legal team has consistently argued that the letter is a hoax, per BBC News.
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Democratic lawmakers have seized on the controversy surrounding the birthday message, accusing the president of lying about his ties to Epstein.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) criticized Trump, saying: "President Trump called the Epstein investigation a hoax and claimed that his birthday note didn’t exist. Now we know that Donald Trump was lying and is doing everything he can to cover up the truth," per The Independent.
As the legal and political battle rages on between the president and the publication that released the alleged card, Bache’s analysis remains firm: "The idea that it could be forged would be almost impossible. It's a very confident, very speedy signature, and when you forge something, you do it more slowly."