The Daily Populous Wednesday December 24th, 2025 evening edition
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Most damaging of all is a bombshell letter allegedly written by Epstein from prison

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WASHINGTON, DC – As the Department of Justice (DoJ) engages in a daily drip-feed of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein, it seems evident that any strategic effort to protect Donald Trump from the most damaging files in the government’s possession is not working.

Members of Congress are accusing the government of dragging its heels on the promised release of all files relating to the deceased, sex-trafficking financier. Even some of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” supporters have turned on him, with his one-time ally Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday sharing a screenshot from the files and saying that only “evil people would hide this and protect those who participated”.

Other Maga figures, including Steve Bannon and conspiracist Laura Loomer, have criticised the administration for its handling of the matter. The Epstein files have torn through Trump’s base, with typically supportive Fox News hosts warning in the summer that Trump risked losing support over the matter.

The US President is now twisting in the wind as reporters wait for each batch of files placed into the public domain. On Monday, the release of an additional 30,000 pages of documents, emails and images raised fresh questions for Trump, who makes numerous appearances throughout the material.

Most damaging of all is a bombshell letter apparently written by Epstein from prison in 2019, which appears to show he planned to kill himself, and was determined to drag Trump’s name into his sordid circle as he departed this world.

In the letter to Larry Nassar, the disgraced former US gymnastics team doctor serving consecutive prison terms for sexual assaults and possession of child pornography, the writer claims “our president also 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 [prison] system … Life is unfair,” notes the writer.

Donald Trump pictured with Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell in an image included in the latest set of files relating to the late sex offender (Photo: US DOJ/Handout via Reuters)

“As you will know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” reads the handwritten note, signed with Epstein’s name and postmarked 13 August, three days after he was found dead.

“Good luck!” the author wishes Nassar. “We shared one thing … our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they reach their full potential.”

The letter was eventually returned to the New York jail where he died, after the US postal service proved unable to deliver it to Nassar.

As news of the letter’s contents spread on Tuesday, the DoJ managed to feed the concerns of Trump’s Maga faithful that a cover-up is under way. Seemingly caught off guard by the attention the letter was receiving, the DoJ issued a statement on X saying officials were “currently looking into the validity of this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar and we will follow up as soon as possible”.

A mere two hours later, department officials claimed to have received clarity regarding a letter that the Associated Press reported was in the government’s possession as far back as June 2023. “The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter…is FAKE. The fake letter was received by the jail, and flagged for the FBI at the time,” said the DoJ on X.

Epstein and Trump at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida on 22 February 1997 (Photo: Davidoff Studios/Getty)

The FBI reportedly concluded the handwriting does not match Epstein’s; the letter bore a postmark from Virginia, not New York; and did not include Epstein’s inmate number as required by prison regulations. All of that may be true, but why the DoJ was unprepared for the predictable reaction to the letter’s explosive contents has again raised serious questions about the process behind the scenes.

Uncontested in the latest document dump is the revelation that Trump travelled on Epstein’s private jet far more than he previously admitted. A memo from an Assistant US Attorney, whose identity is redacted, warns another official whose identity is also obscured that flight records show Trump “is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least 4 flights on which [Epstein’s girlfriend Ghislaine] Maxwell was also present”.

The prosecutor warns that on one flight in 1993, Trump and Epstein “are the only two listed passengers”. On another, the only three listed passengers are Epstein, Trump, and a then 20-year-old whose name is also redacted. “I didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the road,” wrote the US attorney in an email sent on 8 January 2020 while Trump was serving his first term in the White House.

Trump’s second term has not even seen its first full year, yet the Epstein scandal is bringing him to his knees. Congressman Thomas Massie, a dissident Maga Republican from Kentucky, accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of “working fervently to redact, omit and delete Epstein files she is legally required to release”. Together with Democrat Ro Khanna of California, he is drafting articles of impeachment to lay against Bondi, accusing her of a “bogus Epstein release …protecting the rich, powerful and politically connected”.

Trump ran for office promising to release all the files, harnessing the support of right-wing conspiracy theorists who had long made claims about a secret sex-trafficking ring involving powerful people.

Now, hard questions are mounting for Trump, and his steady political demise based on these revelations will only be hastened by the hapless behaviour of his Department of Justice.

His conduct could be innocent, but many of his supporters want to know why his own government is managing to make him look guilty.

southofakronoh on December 24th, 2025 at 11:49 UTC »

That would be great. But I'll believe it when I see it. Most people have the memory of a gold fish

Affectionate-Virus17 on December 24th, 2025 at 11:48 UTC »

The letter is nothing.

Trump witnessed the killing of a newborn he possibly fathered from a 13 year old child he had raped before.

This is what deserves to be known.

No-Post4444 on December 24th, 2025 at 11:46 UTC »

This is MAGA we're talking about. They'll forget all about this in two weeks and go back to thinking of Trump as Jesus reborn.