Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. Donald Trump today failing in his efforts to dodge, spin away, and avoid answering the $64 million question of the hour.

What did he know about the crimes and perversions of his former friend

to see sex offender Jeffrey Epstein? Revealed last night by Democrats on the House Oversight

Committee, a reference to Donald Trump in the now infamous Jeffrey Epstein birthday book.

Take a look at this. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it is a note from Marolongo member and businessman Joel Pashkow.

It shows a poster board size check for $22,500 from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.

A woman's face is redacted in the image. Below the photo is a note. That note reads, quote,

Jeffrey showing early talents with money plus women, sells fully depreciated, name of the woman

redacted, to Donald Trump for $22,500. The Wall Street Journal reports this, quote,

the woman, a wealthy European then in her 20s,

severed all ties with Epstein around 1997 and had no romantic relationship with either Epstein or

Trump, her lawyer said. The lawyer added that she doesn't know Pashkow and has no knowledge

of the letter naming her, which she called, quote, a disgusting and

deeply disturbing hoax. Pashkow did not respond to a request for comment from NBC News. His letter,

though, raises more questions about how much people in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit, including Donald Trump,

knew about what he was doing.

And it's the kind of thing that makes Team Trump spin looks increasingly unsustainable and

ridiculous.

This morning, Donald Trump told NBC's Garrett Haake that the birthday letter to Jeffrey

Epstein that he allegedly wrote was a, quote, dead issue.

But it is difficult, if not impossible, to claim

that something is a dead issue when every day seems to bring about new revelations that

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