Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee received files Monday from Jeffrey Epstein's estate that included a decades-old "birthday book" note, which some claim was written by President Donald Trump.
The Oversight Committee said it will release redacted versions of the files -- which include Epstein's last will and testament, bank accounts, contact list and the non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney's office in South Florida -- to the public "in the near future."
Trump has denied writing a birthday note to Epstein and calls it a "fake." The president has even filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for first reporting on the "bawdy" letter. Dow Jones, the parent company of the newspaper, said it has "full confidence in the rigor and accuracy" of its reporting.
Epstein was a wealthy financier who owned a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was a convicted sex offender and was awaiting trial on charges of federal sex trafficking of minors, when he committed suicide inside a New York City jail in 2019.
On Monday, Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California -- who serves on the Oversight panel -- urged the president to "tell us the truth."
