DoJ says Jeffrey Epstein letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump is fake | Jeffrey Epstein
A disturbing letter released as part of the Epstein files, apparently written by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to convicted sex offender and former Olympic gymnastics coach Larry Nassar, was fake, the Justice Department said Tuesday afternoon.
The contents of the alleged 2019 letter were revealed by the Justice Department early Tuesday and appeared to be written by Epstein to Nassar and addressed the love of “young ladies.”
Nassar was the US Olympics gymnastics team doctor in 2017 and 2018. sexual abuse
The letter, now revealed to be fake, read: “As you know by now, I took a ‘shortcut’ home.” The letter, which appears to be signed from Epstein to Nassar, reads: “Good luck! We shared one thing…our love and care for young ladies and our hope for them to reach their full potential.”
He continued: “Our president also shares our love for young, attractive girls. He loved to ‘grab’ a young beauty when she passed him, whereas we had to grab food in the system’s cafeterias.”
The letter was signed: “Life isn’t fair. Love, J. Epstein.”
DoJ on Tuesday afternoon Published on X: “The FBI confirms that this letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE.”
The post went on to list why the letter was not considered authentic by authorities, saying: “This fake letter is used as a reminder that the release of a document by the Department of Justice does not make the claims or allegations in the document true. However, the Department of Justice will continue to release all materials required by law.”
Donald Trump, who was president at the time the purported letter from Epstein was apparently sent, has repeatedly denied any knowledge or involvement in Epstein’s criminal activities and any wrongdoing.
The existence of the letter was first reported in 2023. Associated Press After being discovered halfway through 4,000+ pages documents It is regulated by the Bureau of Prisons.
The letter was postmarked August 13, 2019, specifically three days after Epstein’s death in custody, which was ruled a suicide. This document was found by investigators in the prison mailroom weeks after it was returned from an Arizona prison and was marked “no longer at this address.”
“Apparently he mailed it and it was sent back to him,” the investigator told a prison official in an email included in the documents. “I’m not sure if I should open it or give it to someone?
It is unclear whether Epstein and Nassar had any relationship.
Nassar, a former physician for the U.S. gymnastics team and Michigan State University, is currently serving a 60-year federal prison sentence for child sexual abuse images. He was also sentenced to 40 to 175 Michigan state sentences in 2018 after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual offenses.
More than 150 women at the hearing, including Olympic gold medalists Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, said: He sexually abused them.
The document comes as questions about Epstein’s death in custody continue to mount and his brother, Mark Epstein, continues to claim the sex offender was killed in his cell.
Epstein also allegedly blamed his former friend Donald Trump for his arrest on sex trafficking charges in 2019, in which he pleaded guilty to molesting a minor, which came more than a decade after he was granted immunity from prosecution under a plea deal with the state of Florida in 2007.
In the statement made by the Ministry of Justice regarding the publication of the latest part of the documents related to Epstein, in question: “Some of these documents contain untrue and sensational allegations against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI just before the 2020 election. To be clear: the allegations are baseless and false, and if they had any credibility they would certainly be weaponized against President Trump. However, in our commitment to the law and transparency, the Department of Justice is releasing these documents with legally required protections for Epstein’s victims.”
