A letter from Trump to the now-deceased New York financier was also allegedly included in the birthday collection, the Wall Street Journal reported last week.

The Wall Street Journal's report that the Justice Department informed Donald Trump in May about his name being in the Epstein files is a continuation of "fake news stories" against the U.S. president,

On July 17, 2025, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an exclusive report claiming U.S. President Donald Trump once sent a birthday letter to now-deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday that depicted the rough outline of a n*de woman.

Trump is among other prominent figures named in the previously unsealed documents. He was mentioned in a 2016 deposition from Johanna Sjoberg, one of Epstein’s victims, who said the disgraced financier’s plane made an impromptu stop in Atlantic City in the 2000s. Sjoberg said “no” when asked if she’d given Trump a massage.

The news Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump back in May that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files isn’t that surprising, in context.

Here’s how Donald Trump’s position on Jeffrey Epstein has changed over the year, and how the fallout over the Epstein files poses a particular challenge for him.

Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said the Jeffrey Epstein scandal was "not a hoax" in an interview released on Thursday, as the case continued to stoke turmoil within President Donald Trump's party.

Speaker Mike Johnson came out swinging on Wednesday, arguing that House Democrats’ efforts to make Republicans take tough votes on

A resurfaced clip shows sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pleading the Fifth when he was asked during a deposition if he ever socialized with underage girls around Donald Trump.

The Wall Street Journal has also published an article alleging that Trump was among prominent figures named in the Epstein files.