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Important framing:The following summarizes claims, allegations, and statements reported in documents, not established conclusions. Where possible, document IDs are cited. No criminal guilt is asserted.
Dec 2025 Trump’s DOJ stated:
The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE.
The postcard is physically real — it was written, signed, addressed, physically mailed, and postmarked. It exists. So instead of simply calling it “fake,” the more important question is: who actually mailed it?
The postcard mailed “from Epstein to Nassar” states:
As you will 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 reach their full potential. Our president [Trump] 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 system.
Evidence check in note: EFTA00140922.pdf
The official FBI report about this postcard: Document EFTA00141092.pdf
On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Special Agent (SA) received a phone call from Special Investigative Section (SIS) Lieutenant (LT) 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 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".
On Thursday, September 26, 2019, SA and SA picked up the letter from SIS LT at MCC. Scans of the envelope and the outside and inside of the letter are digitally attached to this report. The letter will be placed in a physical 1A envelope. According to SIS LT , the stamp and the stationary are not available for purchase at MCC. There were no logs kept regarding incoming or outgoing mail for Jeffrey Epstein at MCC.
Instead of investigating where this postcard was mailed from or who mailed it, the DOJ declared it was fake.
As stated previously, the postcard is physically real. Official FBI documentation confirms this — it has a documented chain of custody, reports detailing which officers handled it, and evidence it was processed and preserved. So instead of dismissing it outright, let’s dig in and determine who sent it — and why.
As of 2/13/26: This is something I am investigating because it may or may not be related to Richard Marcinko’s involvement in the Epstein case. The postcard was allegedly sent from Epstein in Prison at MCC in 2019. Mainstream media and the DOJ claims it has to be fake because of the following discrepancies.
* It has a date stamp of Aug 13, 2019
* 3 days after Epstein died in MCC prison, New York
* The postmark reads NOVA 220
* Northern Virginia, not MCC New York where Epstein was held in prison
* It was returned to sender
* Mailed to Larry Nassar AFTER he was moved from AZ to a different prison, hence it was returned to sender, sender is listed as MCC.
* In August 2018, Larry Nassar was moved from the USP Tucson federal prison in Arizona to a transfer center in Oklahoma City, and subsequently to a federal prison in Florida.
* It was found in the mailroom in MCC allegedly
* Makes sense if it was “returned to sender” and sender was labeled as Epstein in MCC. It would have been returned to the address on the postcard regardless of where it was originally placed in the mail, outgoing.
Working Theory
How mail from a federal prison normally enters USPS
If someone at a federal or NYC jail (like Epstein was) mails a postcard:
* Inmate gives mail to prison staff — usually via the prison mailroom.
* Prison staff inspects it, checks the envelope has the correct return address, inmate ID, and rules compliance.
* Mail leaves the prison either:
* Via USPS directly at a local NYC post office, or
* Through a contracted mail vendor that then drops it at USPS.
USPS processing after leaving the prison
* Mail originates at a local NYC post office or facility.
* USPS would normally apply a cancellation postmark at a NYC-area processing center, because that’s the hub for Manhattan zip codes.
* From there, mail is routed to regional distribution centers or directly to the destination.
Could it get a NOVA 220 postmark?
Highly unlikely under normal circumstances:
* NOVA 220 is a Northern Virginia (Richard Marcinko lived & died in N VA) USPS processing center.
* A NYC-originating mailpiece would normally go through New York, NJ, or nearby regional hubs, not Virginia.
* For it to get a NOVA 220 postmark, one of the following would have to happen:
* Mail intentionally rerouted through Virginia — unusual and unnecessary.
* Someone outside the prison created a fake envelope and mailed it from NOVA 220.
* It was digitally or mechanically altered after the fact (forgeries can add postmarks to make mail “look real”).
Why this matters for the Epstein postcard
* Epstein was in New York jail on August 10, 2019.
* The postmark is August 13, 2019 and from NOVA 220 (Northern Virginia).
* Impossible for him to have mailed it himself — the combination of date and regional hub makes it essentially impossible under normal USPS and prison mail procedures.
Feb 2026 Investigation Thoughts
This could or could not be related to Richard Marcinko’s involvement in the Epstein network. Why I am following this? Richard happens to be the lead I am investigating right now because he lived and died in Northern Virginia. Also Epstein committed suicide in prison four days after the Ken Turner and FBI email chain:
* Ken Turners nephew (Logan Turner age 30) died in Ohio on Aug 4, 2019 (this is verified to have occurred)
* On August 5, 2019, Turner emails US federal agents again saying he is going to Ohio to be with family due to the mass shooting which killed his nephew. He states the investigation into Marcinko and Epstein will continue.
* Aug 10, 2019, Epstein is found dead in his cell at MCC and that day Ken Turner emails again saying “we heard about Epstein… we don’t believe it was a suicide, please contact us”
* Aug 13, 2019, the “Epstein” postcard is mailed from Northern Virginia (NOVA 220)- the postcard states “Dear L.N. (Larry Nassar) as you know by now, I have taken the short route home” (committed suicide)
* Problems:
* Epstein couldn’t have mailed this postcard dated Aug 13, when he died Aug 10.
* The postmark stamp is not only dated Aug 13, 2019, it also says NOVA 220, northern Virginia. Meaning (by all accounts) it was mailed Aug 13, 2019 from Northern Virginia.
* Epstein allegedly died Aug 10, 2019 in New York
Richard Marcinko lived in Northern Virginia. His burial information listed his 2021 death as Fauquier County, Virgnia. This is within 20/30 minutes, depending on where he actually lived and what post office was used, of where this postcard was mailed Aug 13, 2019.
Could this be a coincidence? Yes. Could it not be a coincidence. Also, yes.
It is also worth noting the NOVA 220 postmark is not only relatively close to Richard Marcinko’s home address, it is equally close to Washington D.C. I don’t know (or need to know) Marcinko’s actual home address, so the photograph of the map is the county he died and lived in. The NOVA 220 postmark is this general area of Northern VA, Merrifield VA uses this postmark.
Anyone in this relative area, Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. could have dropped this postcard off in the mail. After reaching the destination it was returned to sender, the sender address was Epstein in MCC, which is how the physical postcard routed from VA > AZ > MCC.
Summary
By all documented accounts, the postcard was physically real — it was processed, preserved, and entered into evidence. Someone placed it in the mail. The message allegedly referenced Donald Trump and “young girls,” and it named both Larry Nassar and Jeffrey Epstein. Records indicate it was postmarked and mailed on August 13, 2019, from Northern Virginia.
The real question remains: who mailed it — and for what purpose? Did the sender know that Larry Nassar had been moved, meaning the card would be returned to sender after Jeffrey Epstein’s death and ultimately logged into evidence at MCC?
Potentially related to this investigation:
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