India, Sept. 10 -- A handwriting expert has poked the argument over a birthday book being made to Jeffrey Epstein, with the handwriting analyst declaring that the signature on the controversial book is "absolutely" the signature of US President Donald Trump.

Graphologist Emma Bache, who compared the handwriting with verified samples from the early 2000s, told Sky News: "It is very much the signature he had in the 2000s. I can absolutely say it is Donald Trump's."

The book in question was compiled in 2003 by Epstein's close associate Ghislaine Maxwell on his 50th birthday. Files from it were recently handed to the US Congress Oversight Committee. Among the pages are a crude hand-drawing of a woman's body signed "Donald," a caricature of ...