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A prominent legal analyst from CNN recently voiced skepticism about the authenticity of a postcard purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein just days before he died in 2019. This skepticism was later confirmed by the Department of Justice.
Elie Honig, 50, cautioned viewers during an appearance on “The Situation Room” to be cautious of the postcard addressed to notorious child molester Larry Nassar. This broadcast occurred around 11 AM.
Honig highlighted the timing of when the postcard was allegedly written—mere days before Epstein’s suicide in August 2019.
“He was prosecuted by the Department of Justice under Donald Trump,” Honig, a former Assistant United States Attorney, noted. “In my opinion, he’s clearly attempting to leave behind some sort of message.”
The postcard was also postmarked three days after Epstein’s death on August 9, 2019. The DOJ quickly addressed this anomaly in a post at 1:30 PM, stating they were “investigating the [letter’s] validity” after it was released with approximately 11,000 other Epstein-related documents earlier that day.
By 3:30 PM, the Department of Justice issued another statement declaring the postcard to be “fake.”
‘The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE,’ the statement read, adding how the letter was received by the jail and ‘flagged for the FBI at the time.’
Elie Honig, 50, cast doubt on the credibility of a postcard allegedly penned by Jeffrey Epstein days before the financier’s death in 2019 on Tuesday morning’s The Situation Room – before being proven right by the Department of Justice
Pictured, the disgraced financier’s alleged last correspondence before he was found dead in his cell. In it, the person posing as Epstein allegedly wrote to a fellow sex criminal that ‘our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls’
‘The FBI made this conclusion based on the following facts,’ the statement went on, citing how ‘the writing’ seen in the note ‘does not appear to match Jeffrey Epstein’s.’
The letter was also postmarked three days after Epstein’s death, the DOJ said – also citing how the seal came out of Northern Virginia when Epstein was jailed in New York.
Other telling tidbits was that the note’s return address did not list the jail where Epstein was being held and that the card did not include Epstein’s inmate number – standard practice for outgoing mail at all federal facilities, officials said.
‘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 statement read.
In the letter, the person posing as Epstein assured Nassar – the US Olympic gymnastics team doctor was sentenced to 40-to-175 years in prison for sexually abusing female gymnasts in 2018 – that ‘our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls.’
Nassar pleaded guilty to three federal charges of child pornography the year before.
Prior to the DOJ’s statement, a skeptical Honig said the letter, in any prosecution, ‘would not be admissible’ due to ‘multiple levels of hearsay.’
A few hours later, the DOJ confirmed the letter was not what it appeared and was purposedly misleading
Donald Trump – who was nearing the end of his first term at the time it was written – is seen warning onlookers about the documents’ lack of context
Nassar – the US Olympic gymnastics team doctor – was serving a 40-to-175 prison sentence at the time, for sexually abusing young female gymnasts, The note was postmarked three days after Epstein’s suicide, in August of 2019
Brown agreed that the documents lacked ‘important context’, after roughly an hour of reporting on the DOJ’s latest Epstein release from the major networks.
She went on to play a clip of Trump warning onlookers on Monday that the documents being released in waves by the Justice Department often lack crucial context.
‘Does he have a point there?’ Brown asked Honig once the clip cut.
‘You know, he actually does,’ the legal eagle admitted.
‘Because the DOJ does not want to harm the reputation of people who have not been actually charged with crimes and don’t have an official forum, a trial to defend themselves.’
‘So he’s got a point,’ Honig conceded,
The nearly 30,000-page release Tuesday is the latest dump from the Justice Department when it comes to the Epstein case.
Epstein appeared to assure an also imprisoned Nassar that ‘Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls’ in the phony postcard.
Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing.