Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, has said the lewd birthday card claimed to be authored by President Donald Trump and gifted to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “doesn't prove anything.”

Leaving the U.S. Capitol building Monday night, Massie, who is pushing to force a House vote to release documents related to Epstein, said, “It doesn’t prove anything,” per the Associated Press.

“Having a birthday card from Trump doesn’t help the survivors and the victims,” he added.

The White House has denied Trump authored or signed the card.

Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has called Donald Trump a “liar” after White House called a letter claimed to be from the president to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “fake.”

John Bowden writes about the aftermath of the release of a birthday letter claimed to be from President Donald Trump to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein:

On Monday, the White House’s explanation remained firm. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other members of the Trump comms team declared that the signature on the letter was a forgery, though it bears impeccable resemblances to other signatures verifiably made by the president over the years, including during his time in the White House.

“The latest piece published by the Wall Street Journal PROVES this entire “Birthday Card” story is false.

“As I have said all along, it’s very clear President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it,” Leavitt wrote on X. “President Trump’s legal team will continue to aggressively pursue litigation.”

Taylor Budowich, another White House official, added: “Time for @newscorp to open that checkbook, it’s not his signature!”

But there was no explanation for why the Epstein estate would have forged Trump’s signature — and [Ghislaine] Maxwell herself has already validated the authenticity of the book itself, though she told the Justice Department she couldn’t remember whether she’d solicited Trump for a note for the birthday book.

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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have called to end the “White House cover-up" and release the Epstein files.

President Donald Trump, known for his off-the-cuff responses on Truth Social, remained silent on the social network Monday night about House Democrats’ release of a lewd birthday card he is claimed to have authored and gifted to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump made several posts on Truth Social late Monday afternoon into Monday night. But none of them addressed the birthday letter.

The White House did, however, respond to the letter, calling it “fake news.” Trump has previously denied authoring the letter and sued The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the letter in July, for defamation.

Several House Republicans denied President Donald Trump signed a lewd birthday card for the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as they left the U.S. Capitol building Monday night.

Representative Byron Donalds of Florida said, “It’s not his signature,” per the Associated Press. “I’ve seen Donald Trump sign a million things.”

Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett insisted the signature was fake, adding, “I’ve never known Trump to be much of an artist either.”

The birthday card also featured what looked like an outline of a naked woman.

Representative Jasmine Crockett has rejected comments from House Speaker Mike Johnson that President Donald Trump tried to assist in the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“That's the first time I heard of it. So I'm gonna say, no, I don't have any documentation to that effect,” Crockett, a Texas Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, told CNN the defamation lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against The Wall Street Journal should be withdrawn.

Khanna’s comments come after Democrats on the committee released the birthday letter Trump is claimed to have written to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which the WSJ reported on in July.

The White House has maintained Trump did not author the letter.

Donald Trump’s MAGA base has defended the president, suggesting the signature on a 2003 birthday card to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is not his.