Epstein birthday book included note from Bill Clinton: WSJ
Elizabeth Crisp
Fri, July 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM CDT
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Epstein birthday book included note from Bill Clinton: WSJ
Former President Clinton is among the famous and wealthy people who penned notes to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The Journal previously reported that President Trump wrote a “bawdy” note for the leather-bound birthday album given to Epstein three years before the disgraced financier was first charged with sexually abusing girls in Florida in 2006 and more than a decade before Epstein’s more high-profile sex trafficking arrest in 2019. Trump denied writing the letter and sued The Wall Street Journal over its report.
The New York Times separately reported Thursday that it had reviewed a “contributor list” for the book that included Trump’s name.
According to the Journal’s latest report on the birthday book’s entries, Clinton, who left office in 2001, penned a handwritten note that read: “It’s reassuring isn’t it, to have lasted as long, across all the years of learning and knowing, adventures and [illegible word], and also to have your childlike curiosity, the drive to make a difference and the solace of friends.”
A Clinton spokesperson declined to comment to the Journal but referred the outlet to a previous statement saying the former president did not know about Epstein’s crimes and that they severed ties years before Epstein’s death.
The Hill reached out to a Clinton representative for comment Friday but did not immediately hear back.
Epstein died by suicide in a New York City jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, but his case has continued to draw intense interest about his associates.
Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI announced earlier this month that an investigation concluded Epstein kept no “client list” and that there was no foul play in his death, but the DOJ this week has conducted private interviews with Epstein’s associate and the source of the birthday book, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in prison after she was convicted in Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme.
The Epstein controversy has engulfed Washington, D.C., and effectively ground the House to a halt this week ahead of its August recess.
A House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee approved several subpoenas related to the case Wednesday, including one directing the DOJ to hand over materials related to the Epstein files and separately for Clinton and other prominent Democrats to testify before the House.
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