Donald Trump sued The Wall Street Journal in July over a story about a lewd birthday note the paper reported he sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. The president insisted the note did not exist, calling it a “fake thing.”

Well, the note does exist, and the Journal published a picture of it on Monday, noting that Epstein’s estate provided it to Congress. House Democrats released an image of the salacious birthday note shortly after the Journal published its story.

The missive was part of a book of notes written to Epstein in celebration of his 50th birthday. Trump’s note — which suggested that he and Epstein had “certain things in common” — was framed within the crudely drawn outline of a naked woman, with the president’s scribbled, spiky sign

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