WASHINGTON (TNND) — As more and more never-before-seen files connected to Jeffrey Epstein are being made public, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said the FBI confirmed an alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is fake.
“The fake letter was received by the jail, and flagged for the FBI at the time,” the DOJ wrote on X Tuesday afternoon.
According to the DOJ said the FBI made the conclusion based on the following:
The writing does not appear to match Jeffrey Epstein’s.The letter was postmarked three days after Epstein’s death out of Northern Virginia, when he was jailed in New York.The return address did not list the jail where Epstein was held and did not include his inmate number, which is required for outgoing mail.”This fake letter serves as a reminder that just because a document is released by the Department of Justice does not make the allegations or claims within the document factual. Nevertheless, the DOJ will continue to release all material required by law,” the DOJ noted.
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 earlier on Tuesday.
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.
In Friday’s dump, photos included singer Diana Ross, the late pop star Michael Jackson, and Rolling Stones’ lead singer Mick Jagger.
Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and former President Bill Clinton seen in newly-released Epstein files from the DOJ. (U.S. Department of Justice)
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.
During an unrelated news conference on Monday, Trump acknowledged that there were images of in included in the files.
“They give you their photos of me, too. Everybody was friendly with this guy, either friendly or not friendly, but they, you know, he was around, he was all over Palm Beach and other places,” Trump said.
The president said many of the people seen in the photos “innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago” and are “highly respected bankers and lawyers.” He added that his own inclusion in the files was not indicative of any wrongdoing.
As part of Tuesday’s file dump, the DOJ said “some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.
“To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” according to the agency. “Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims.”