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DoJ: Fake

Is the letter in which convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein told another convicted sex offender, Larry Nassar, that "our president shares our love of young, nubile girls" real? No, that's not true: The Department of Justice, which published the letter as part of the Epstein file release, later referred to the letter as "fake." The agency said it relied on FBI work in concluding the letter was not real.

The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook where it was published on December 23, 2025. It opened:

BREAKING: Epstein admits Trump abused young girls in newly released letter to fellow pedophile Larry Nasser (sic)!

Buried in the latest document dump from the Epstein files is what might be the most evil document in human history -- a letter from one serial child rapist to another, bemoaning their fates behind bars...and jealously lamenting how their fellow pedophile, Donald J. Trump, was enjoying the high life in the White House.

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The post shared an image of what looked like a handwritten letter addressed to Larry Nassar, the doctor convicted of sexually assaulting U.S. women's gymnastics team members. This is what it looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:

(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1151945796238955.)

The "letter" (archived here) was initially published on the early morning of Dec. 23, 2025, by the Department of Justice without any additional context as part of a new cache of documents (archived here) related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The "document" read:

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 and 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.
Yours, J. Epstein

(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of file at justice.gov/epstein)

At 1:30 p.m. EST Dec. 23, 2025, the federal agency published a post (archived here) on X that read:

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.

At 3:27 p.m. EST, the Department of Justice published another update (archived here) on X. It cited the FBI concluding that the "letter" was not authentic. Here is a screenshot of the DoJ post:

(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/TheJusticeDep)

Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019. The authorities ruled that it was a suicide (archived here).

Lead Stories searched the archive of Epstein files released by the DoJ and found a document (archived here and here) dated July 31, 2020. It read:

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Special Agent (SA) received a phone call from Bureau of Prisons Special Investigative Section (SIS) Lieutenant (LT) Tijuana Doctor regarding a letter that was received by the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC). The letter was a 'return to sender' and the following was written at the top left corner of the letter: J. Epstein Manhattan Correctional NYC NY 10007 The letter was postmarked NOVA 220 13 August 2019 and was addressed to Larry Nassar at 9300 S. Wilmot Road, Tucson, Arizona, 85756. This address is that of another Federal Bureau of Prisons facility. The reason for the 'return to sender' was the addressee was 'no longer at this address'.

FBI New York requests the Laboratory perform a handwriting analysis comparing the letter received from MCC and the handwriting of Jeffrey Epstein to conclude if the individual who wrote the letter was Epstein or another unknown person. Handwriting samples from Jeffrey Epstein's cell at MCC will be submitted along with the letter in question (in IA envelope 1A65).

According to that file, the examination was supposed to be concluded by the end of October 2020. Lead Stories was not able to immediately identify whether that conclusion was anywhere on the website of the Department of Justice. We contacted the FBI for further details. If we discover more information, this story will be updated as appropriate.