Former US president Bill Clinton is said to have signed the same 50th birthday album as Donald Trump
Clinton reportedly complimented the convicted pedophile in a recently-disclosed personal 2003 birthday message according to The Wall Street Journal
RT reports: The report comes as US President Donald Trump and top Democrats continue to trade accusations over past connections to Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on new sex-trafficking charges.
According to WSJ, the album compiled for Epstein’s 50th birthday included a handwritten message from Clinton: “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.”
Billionaire Leon Black, fashion designer Vera Wang, and media mogul Mort Zuckerman were also among the high-profile figures who contributed messages to the album, the newspaper said.
A spokesman for Clinton declined to comment on the note but reiterated that the former president had severed ties with Epstein long before his 2019 arrest and was unaware of his alleged crimes.
Last week, the WSJ reported that the same album included a letter from Trump featuring a drawing of a naked woman. Trump responded with a defamation suit.
Both senior Democrats and some of Trump’s allies have accused the Department of Justice and the FBI of a coverup after the agencies denied the existence of Epstein’s client list and found no foul play in his death, which was officially ruled a suicide. Trump, for his part, has claimed that the case is being used to discredit his presidency.