New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- US President Donald Trump denied on Tuesday that he had signed or authored a birthday letter to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a day after the alleged note was released to the public.

"It's not my signature and it's not the way I speak," Trump told reporters before dining out in the US capital, Washington, DC, adding, " anybody that's covered me for a long time knows that's not my language. It's nonsense and, frankly, you're wasting your time."

The alleged letter, written more than 20 years ago, is part of a book compiled by the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein's 50th birthday. Maxwell is currently serving a sentence for the Epstein scandal.

The letter was released by a congressional panel th...