Trump's Manhattan skyline sketches resurface after he claims 'I never wrote a picture in my life'

WASHINGTON, DC: Several sketches by Donald Trump have resurfaced following the bombshell report that he sent a "bawdy" letter and sketch to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the letter included "several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly 'Donald’ below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.”

But Trump was not having it. "This is not me. This is a fake thing. It's a fake Wall Street Journal story," he told WSJ in a fiery response. "I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women. It's not my language. It's not my words."

Sketchy receipts surface after Donald Trump claims 'I never wrote a picture in my life'

Despite Donald Trump’s denial, his critics online swiftly dug up a small treasure trove of his artistic exploits.

First up was a 2004 sketch of the Manhattan skyline, drawn for a benefit called Doodle for Hunger, which supported the Capuchin Food Pantry. This was just a year after the alleged Epstein doodle. Sotheby’s even resold the piece in 2019.

California Governor Gavin Newsom couldn’t resist trolling the president, posting a photo of the sketch on X (formerly Twitter) with the cheeky caption, “I never wrote a picture in my life.”

In his own 2008 book 'Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success', Trump even wrote, “Each year I donate an autographed doodle to the Doodle for Hunger auction at Tavern on the Green.”

The MAGA leader even sketched the Empire State Building in 1995. It originally sold at auction for under $100. By 2017, that same sketch had appreciated and went for $16,000.

Donald Trump's Truth Social rant and legal decisions

After his vehement denial, Donald Trump took to Truth Social to unleash another rant.

“The Wall Street Journal printed a FAKE letter, supposedly to Epstein. These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures,” he wrote.

“I told Rupert Murdoch it was a Scam, that he shouldn’t print this Fake Story. But he did, and now I’m going to sue his ass off, and that of his third-rate newspaper. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” he added. 

He followed up by announcing that he would ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to obtain “any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval,” regarding the Epstein case.

That move quickly raised eyebrows, mainly because grand jury testimony is locked up tighter than Fort Knox. Legal experts pointed out that even attempting to unseal such records would be an uphill legal battle. 

The Jeffrey Epstein connection

The alleged eyebrow-raising sketch published by WSJ was reportedly one of “dozens” of birthday notes collected for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday bash by longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The presdient has repeatedly claimed he cut ties with Epstein before the disgraced financier’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. 

It's also worth noting that the report dropped just a day after the Justice Department axed Maurene Comey, a lead prosecutor in the Epstein and Maxwell cases, who also happens to be the daughter of Trump’s old FBI nemesis, James Comey. 

Epstein mysteriously died in a Manhattan federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of trafficking. His death was ruled a suicide. Maxwell, meanwhile, was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years behind bars for trafficking underage girls to Epstein.

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