The prison postcard released in the Epstein files, allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar before his suicide, has been ruled as fake by the FBI.
Allegedly written before Epstein’s 2019 jail cell suicide, the contents included a claim that ‘our president’ loves ‘young, nubile girls.’ Donald Trump was the president at the time, although there was no named references to him.
It was released as part of the immense trove of files relating to the disgraced financier’s crimes and subsequent death. The DOJ has been releasing more documents since the deadline last Friday.
Included in today’s drop was the purported postcard – which referenced that Epstein took the ‘short route home’ and wished the former USA Olympic doctor, responsible for the biggest sexual abuse scandal in the history of American sports, well.
But despite being part of the official government document release, the FBI have said that the postcard is bogus, citing handwriting and stamping discrepancies.
The Department of Justice posted just before 3.30pm on Tuesday: ‘The FBI has confirmed this 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 FBI made this conclusion based on the following facts.
‘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.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in an image released by the Department of Justice
Pictured: The disgraced financier’s alleged last correspondence before he was found dead in his cell. The FBI has said that the postcard is a fake, based on multiple discrepancies
Epstein’s letter to Larry Nassar, postmarked August 13, 2019, was believed to have been found returned to sender in the New York prison’s mailroom after his death. The FBI have claimed that the postcard is bogus
‘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 handwritten note allegedly penned by Epstein read: ‘As you know by now, I have taken the “short route” home.
He continued: ‘Good luck! We shared one thing… our love & caring for young ladies at the hope they’d reach their full potential.
‘Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to “grab snatch,” whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair.’
The postcard was signed ‘Yours, J. Epstein’ and written to ‘L.N.’, which are Nassar’s initials. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in Epstein’s child sex trafficking scandal.
Epstein’s letter to Nassar, postmarked August 13, 2019, was believed to have been found returned to sender in the New York prison’s mailroom weeks later.
Nassar was serving in a facility in Sumterville, near Orlando, Florida, at the time of Epstein’s letter. He was moved from a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, in August 2018, after his lawyers said he was attacked.
The return to sender stamp noted that the recipient was ‘no longer’ at the address.
While this is the first time the postcard was shared with the public amid the DOJ’s sweeping release of Epstein-related evidence, the Associated Press reported on its existence in 2023.
‘It appeared he mailed it out and it was returned back to him,’ the investigator who discovered the postcard told a prison official at the time, per AP.
‘I am not sure if I should open it or should we hand it over to anyone?’
But the FBI has now claimed that the postcard is fake.
Nassar pleaded guilty to obtaining and possessing child pornography and destroying evidence and was sentenced to 60 years in prison in December 2017.
Nassar is a former USA Olympic doctor who was found guilty of sexual assault in 2017
The convicted sex offender abused about 300 athletes under the guise of medical care.
Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles, 28, and McKayla Maroney, 30, were among his many young victims.
‘He abused my trust, he abused my body and he left scars on my psyche that may never go away,’ Maroney wrote in her heartbreaking victim impact statement, which was read aloud in court during Nassar’s trial.
‘I don’t want another young gymnast, or Olympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that I and hundreds of others have endured before, during and continuing to this day in the wake of the Larry Nassar abuse,’ Biles said in a 2021 testimony before Congress.
