There’s the old saying, “Be careful what you wish for,” that the White House might want to heed where it concerns Donald Trump’s alleged signature on a 2003 birthday message to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has claimed Trump didn’t sign the letter and said on Tuesday the administration is open to having a handwriting expert analyze the signature in question to determine its legitimacy.
“Sure, we would support that,” Leavitt said at Tuesday’s press briefing in response to a question about whether the White House would consider a professional review of the signature and sketch.
Leavitt then suggested three handwriting experts had already determined the signature to be fake. That, as Media Matters’ Matt Gertz pointed out, appears to be misstating a Daily Wire story on three AI research systems’ analysis of the letter’s contents — not the signature.
Meanwhile, one handwriting expert who actually has analyzed the signature reached a striking conclusion.
