Did Marjorie Taylor Green really put up a poster with the alleged Trump birthday letter or card to Jeffrey Epstein along with signature comparisons as seen in a viral video? No, that's not true: The clip originally appeared on an Instagram account that says it publishes satire. The video itself was tagged with a disclaimer that said it was "digitally altered for comedic effect". In the original, unedited video, Greene can be seen putting up a poster commenting on the issue of how many genders there are.
The viral video appeared in a post on Instagram (archived here) where it was published on September 9, 2025 by an account named "the_clever_fool_" with a caption that read:
BREAKING: in a shocking turn of events Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes the GOP's voice of reason.
DISCLAIMER: This video is digitally altered for comedic effect. #photoshop #parody #satire
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This is what the thumbnail and the video itself looked like:
(Image source: thumbnail of Instagram post by the_clever_fool_.)
The video used an image from a Wall Street Journal article (archived here) titled "Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump's Signature Revealed" that was published on September 8, 2025.
(Image source: Wall Street Journal reporting on the image that has been turned over to Congress.)
The Instagram account named "the_clever_fool_" (archived here) has a bio that indicates it is run by someone named Ben Sabino and says:
The Clever Fool | Satire, economics & society 🃏 Smart enough to question, foolish enough to say it out loud.
That account appears to have cropped an earlier version of the video (archived here) to remove the watermark from meme account @PaulleyTicks on X that carried the same disclaimer:
(Image source: thumbnail of the PaulleyTicks video on X.)
BREAKING: in a shocking turn of events, Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes the GOP's voice of reason.
-- PaulleyTicks (@PaulleyTicks) September 9, 2025
DISCLAIMER: This video is digitally altered for comedic effect. #photoshop #parody #satire pic.twitter.com/r9VRSVsQb2
The video was edited by modifying real footage from February 24, 2021 in which Greene can be seen putting up a poster about the issue of how many genders there are.
(Image source: screenshot of video released by Marjorie Taylor Greene.)
Video of that incident was reported on by Bloomberg News on YouTube here (archived here).
