New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The White House on Tuesday (September 9) firmly denied claims that President Donald Trump wrote a lewd 2003 birthday letter to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, following the publication of the alleged note by the House Oversight Committee.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "The president did not write that letter. He did not sign those documents. He maintains that position, and that position will be argued in court by his lawyers."

The Wall Street Journal first reported in July the existence of the type-written letter, inserted into the outline of a nude woman with an alleged Trump signature placed on the illustration. The letter was reportedly compiled by Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell...