Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Friday that The Wall Street Journal’s Thursday story alleging that President Donald Trump sent deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein a suggestive letter does not matter, regardless of its authenticity or lack thereof.
The WSJ reported in the article that Trump sent the alleged letter in 2003 for the deceased pedophile’s 50th birthday, but the president asserted in a Truth Social post on Thursday that the piece is “false, malicious, and defamatory,” describing the letter as “FAKE.” Political analyst Mark Halperin asked Spicer on “The Morning Meeting” whether he thought Trump signed and sent the letter. (RELATED: How Did Jeffrey Epstein Make His Money? We Still Don’t Seem To Know)
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“The correct answer is, ‘Who cares?’” Spicer said.
“If this is a bombshell, then we have a munitions problem,” he added.
Halperin responded that only reporters are claiming the story is “a bombshell.” He also refuted Spicer’s take.
“I’ll push back and say, ‘It matters because it speaks to the president’s veracity and concern about being tied to Jeffrey Epstein,” Halperin said. “But the same thing I raised yesterday, ‘What’s their relationship?’”
“[W]hether he met with him 100 times or 20 times, there’s pictures, they know each other,” Spicer retorted. “He’s admitted that.”
Halperin pressed Spicer about whether he believes there’s a chance that the letter is real.
“Of course it’s possible,” he acknowledged. “I don’t care!”
The WSJ did not show the alleged letter in its piece, but characterized it as “bawdy,” reporting that it “contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker.”
Trump’s signature was allegedly written below the woman’s waist. The alleged letter reportedly ended with, “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret,” according to the WSJ.
While the president has been public regarding his previous friendship with the deceased pedophile, the two reportedly ended their relationship around 2004, according to The Washington Post, two years before Epstein publicly faced accusations of abusing girls.
Trump also announced in the Truth Social post that he would be suing the WSJ, News Corp and Rupert Murdoch over the article.
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo argued on “CUOMO” Thursday that the article provided no value besides generating revenue for Murdoch.
“[I]t doesn’t move the needle in the country. It’s going to make you some money, Rupert — great for you, just what you need. But this is why we can’t get anywhere,” Cuomo said. “The guy says, ‘I didn’t write the letter.’ The letter is meaningless! You put out the piece anyway and there’s no light on what really matters.”
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