"The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress. The account is also taking on a sharper tone that has more of a rapid-response campaign edge and less of the stodgy just-the-facts tone associated with the department. Driving the news: Tuesday's release of about 30,000 new investigative records highlighted the administration's predicament in mass-disclosing information."
"An alleged 2019 jailhouse letter from Epstein to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar implicating "our president" in liking "nubile" girls. But the letter was post-dated after Epstein's death and was processed by a Virginia mail room that didn't handle letters from Epstein's New York jail. Hours after the release, DOJ said on X that the FBI believed the letter is fake, triggering a flood of online criticism from skeptics accusing the department of intentionally posting disinformation."
The White House took over the Justice Department's X account and shifted its tone toward a rapid-response, campaign-style approach. The DOJ released about 30,000 investigative records tied to Jeffrey Epstein, many mentioning Trump, and some records contained questionable or unverifiable claims. Examples include a 2020 FBI tip from a caller recounting a limo driver claiming to have heard Trump discuss "abusing some girl" and an alleged 2019 jailhouse letter implicating "our president" that appears post-dated and improperly processed. The DOJ warned some records may be politically motivated, missed a Dec. 19 disclosure deadline, and later said the FBI believed the letter was fake, sparking criticism.
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