Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, announced that the estate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein will hand over the infamous “birthday book” and other documents early next month. The estate is expected to include the content of the book, which reportedly includes a lewd 2003 birthday card that Trump handed to Epstein for the convicted sex offender’s 50th birthday. The president has pushed back on the reporting and filed a legal complaint against the Wall Street Journal, who first reported on the book.
The turnover of documents comes just days after House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer issued a subpoena, asking the estate of Epstein’s will to provide any documents related to a so-called “client list,” any “black books” containing contacts, an alleged book of letters Epstein’s friends gave to him, and other documents. The panel has also subpoenaed the Justice Department (DOJ) as part of its ongoing probe, seeking additional documents. This case has been a challenge for President Trump’s administration, particularly after the DOJ and FBI released an unsigned July memo saying that Epstein indeed killed himself in 2019, there was no “client list” or evidence names were being kept for blackmail purposes. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has defended the administration’s findings, moved earlier this month to unseal the grand jury testimonies of Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell at Trump’s direction.
