“Did you see the signature?”: Leavitt dodges questions about Epstein documents

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt faced a barrage of questions on Tuesday over a crude birthday letter allegedly signed by Donald Trump and sent to Jeffrey Epstein in Pressed by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on what exactly Trump meant when he called the Epstein matter files a hoax Leavitt tried to broaden the charge I did not say the documents are a hoax she explained I mentioned the entire narrative surrounding Jeffrey Epstein right now that is absorbing countless of the liberal cable channels on television is a hoax The hoax is the Democrats pretending to care about casualties of crime when they do not care about casualties of crime Leavitt stated Democrats were attempting to distract from the accomplishments and the achievements of this administration HABERMAN You declared the Epstein docs are a hoax that Dems are perpetrating against Trump You disclosed he didn't sign that check or birthday card So what is the theory since these documents came from the Epstein estate LEAVITT I did not say the documents are a hoax I explained the pic twitter com EffiCvb S Aaron Rupar atrupar September Leavitt also dismissed other alleged evidence of a connection between Trump and Epstein that was previously unknown including a check noted to bear Trump s signature Did you see the signature on that check It is not Donald Trump s signature It is absolutely not she revealed Related Trump gets hit with Epstein birthday card boomerang Reporters required Leavitt whether Trump cares about Epstein s casualties A group of such casualties held a press conference alongside lawmakers on Capitol Hill earlier this month as part of a wider push for transparency around Epstein Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Class The President cares about casualties of all crimes Leavitt explained before accusing Democrats of using casualties as political pawns When demanded directly by former Breitbart and current Daily Mail reporter Charlie Spiering if Trump would meet with Epstein s casualties Leavitt did not answer Read more about this topic Mary Trump Definitely president s signature on alleged Epstein letter Official on honey trap date says DOJ will redact every Republican from Epstein files New poll shows Trump s Jeffrey Epstein trouble is real The post Did you see the signature Leavitt dodges questions about Epstein documents appeared first on Salon com