Bill Clinton wrote a ‘warm and gushing’ letter which was included in Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous 50th ‘birthday book’, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The former US president was one of hundreds who contributed to a heavy leather-bound, gold-embossed album of letters that Epstein’s ex-lover Ghislaine Maxwell took more than a year to compile leading up to the landmark date.
Mr Clinton’s letter is one page and is embossed with: ‘From the desk of William Jefferson Clinton’ at the top.
Donald Trump is now suing The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for $10billion (£7.46billion) for a story published last week alleging his contribution to the book was a ‘sexually suggestive’ and ‘bawdy’ letter to Epstein, framed by the outline of a naked woman with Mr Trump’s signature mimicking pubic hair.
Mr Trump has branded the letter a ‘fake’, saying: ‘I don’t draw pictures of women. It’s not my language, it’s not my words.’
Mr Trump has said he parted ways with Epstein before allegations against him became public in 2006.
The Mail on Sunday has learned Maxwell, currently serving 20 years in jail on child sex trafficking charges, began asking Epstein’s friends for contributions to the birthday book at the end of 2001.