WASHINGTON (TNND) — As more and more never-before-seen files connected to Jeffrey Epstein are being made public, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it is “looking into the validity” of a letter Epstein allegedly sent just days before he died by suicide in a New York prison.
The letter is a handwritten note etched in blue ink and addressed to “L.N.” — or disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
It was included in the DOJ’s second batch of files, which were released on Tuesday.
“The Department of Justice is currently looking into the validity of this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar and we will follow up as soon as possible,” the DOJ noted on X.
The DOJ said three facts “stand out” about the letter, noting that the the postmark on the envelope is Virginia, not New York, where Epstein was jailed at the time of his death by suicide in August 2019.
The agency added that the return address listed the wrong jail where Epstein was held and did not include his inmate number, “which is required for outgoing mail.” The DOJ also noted that the envelope was processed three days following Epstein’s death.
In the letter, Epstein allegedly notes that he has “taken the “short route’ home.”
Epstein also discusses how he and Nassar apparently “shared” a perversion for “young ladies.”
“Dear L. N. As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home. Good luck! We shared one thing our love & caring for young ladies at the hope they’d reach their full potential,” Epstein wrote.
There is also an apparent reference to President Donald Trump in the letter. Trump was serving his first term as president when the allegedly letter was sent.
“Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls,” Epstein added in the letter. “When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab s**ch,” whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system.”
Epstein ended the letter by noting that “life is unfair.” He signed it “Yours J. Epstein.”
In 2018, Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct for assaulting athletes he treated while employed by USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.
The DOJ started releasing Epstein-related materials on Friday after Congress passed the “Epstein Files Transparency Act” law in November. Trump, Clinton, and Nassar are among the many names — and faces — featured in the files.
In Friday’s dump, photos included singer Diana Ross, the late pop star Michael Jackson, and Rolling Stones’ lead singer Mick Jagger.
Actor Kevin Spacey and comedian Chris Tucker also appear in some photos, as do Sir Richard Branson, the English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and famed newsman Walter Cronkite.
House Oversight Democrats on Tuesday said the new documents “raise serious questions” about Epstein’s relationship with Trump.
“And why are Epstein’s co-conspirators being protected? What else is the DOJ hiding? This is a White House cover-up and we are going to end it,” the Dems wrote on X.
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