CNN, a U.S. cable news network, reported on the latest developments on the 23rd local time that after a handwritten letter involving U.S. President Trump was made public in connection with Epstein, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a new response: this handwritten letter is "fake" (fake). Previously, the U.S. Department of Justice had just released a batch of materials related to the Epstein case, and this letter was one of them.

The report said that this letter was written by Epstein from prison before his "suicide" to Larry Nassar, a former team doctor for the U.S. gymnastics team and a sex offender. Although not named, it mentioned "our president" (our president). The letter was sent in August 2019, the same month when Epstein "committed suicide," during which time it was also Trump's first presidential term.

The letter from Epstein to Larry Nassar, published by the U.S. Department of Justice, the part in red is "our president."

The release of this letter caused an uproar in the U.S. media. Previously, the U.S. Department of Justice responded that they were "assessing the authenticity of this letter... there are details that raise doubts about whether this letter was actually written and sent by Epstein." Several hours later, the U.S. Department of Justice clearly issued a statement on the social media platform "X": this handwritten letter is fake.

In its statement, the U.S. Department of Justice listed three reasons: first, the investigation found that the handwriting of this letter did not match Epstein's characteristics; second, the stamp on the letter showed that the sending time was three days after Epstein's death, and the sending location was Northern Virginia, not New York where Epstein was detained; the return address did not include the name of the prison where Epstein was detained or his prisoner number, which is a legal requirement for sending mail.

Therefore, the U.S. Department of Justice stated: even if a document is released by the U.S. Department of Justice, the accusations or claims in it may not be true.

Previously, the U.S. Department of Justice had also stated that the content of this letter was "baseless, entirely fabricated — if there was even a shred of credibility, it would have been used to attack President Trump long ago."

Statement from the U.S. Department of Justice

According to the report, in this letter, Epstein wrote: "Our president also likes young, sexy (nubile) girls like us." Epstein also wrote: "Dear L.N. (abbreviation for Larry Nassar): I suppose you already know that I have chosen the 'shortcut' home (referring to suicide). Good luck! We have something in common... we both 'care' about young women and hope they can fully develop their potential."

At the end of the letter, Epstein wrote: "Life is not fair."

CNN previously reported that Epstein had written to Nassar while in prison, but the content of the letter was not disclosed. This letter was discovered by prison officials investigating Epstein's suicide weeks after his death. It is still unclear whether Nassar and Epstein had any connection.

As for the recipient, Larry Nassar, he was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in January 2018 for sexually assaulting 156 women. As one of the most sensational sexual assault cases in U.S. sports history, the case was exposed in August 2016.

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