Trump's Suspicious DOJ Releases Epstein's Final Letter?

7 May 2026 · 14 min · 7 chapters

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In short

The hosts discuss the New York Times–driven unsealing of Jeffrey Epstein’s “final letter” by Judge Kenneth Karras, arguing it’s suspicious and possibly connected to Trump-era DOJ actions. They also pivot to alleged misconduct by Trump-associated officials (a Secret Service agent arrested for public masturbation) and allegations against Rep. Chuck Edwards involving gifts, dinners, a Vegas trip, and a handwritten letter to staffers.

Guests/backgrounds

Josh Welch (criminal-law/legal analyst host) and Ro Khanna is referenced via a clip; no other named guests appear.

Key claims

The note wasn’t authenticated as Epstein-authored; the hosts claim it resembles a Trump-style tweet and lacks an exculpatory sentence. They argue DOJ withheld records despite a “Transparency Act,” and that Epstein’s death was not suicide.

Notable examples

Nicholas Tartaglione (former police officer; sentenced to four consecutive life sentences) allegedly found the note after Epstein’s 2019 suicide attempt; Howard Lutnik/Letnick’s alleged Epstein-file involvement; Ro Khanna’s critique of Lutnik’s testimony; the Secret Service arrest; Axios reporting on Edwards’ alleged conduct.

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Chapters

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Unpacking Epstein's Suicide Note

0:45 to 2:00

Discussion on the contents and implications of Epstein's alleged suicide note.

“Looks exactly like a Donald Trump tweet.”

Skepticism Around Authorship

2:00 to 4:00

Analyzing why it's believed Donald Trump may not have authored the note.

“Epstein was found unresponsive with a strip of cloth wrapped around his neck.”

Context of the Note's Discovery

4:00 to 6:00

Details surrounding the discovery of Epstein's note by his cellmate and its significance.

“I know why that interview was not videotaped.”

Lutnik's Testimony and Epstein's Connections

6:00 to 8:00

Analysis of Howard Lutnik's testimony and connections to Epstein.

“Tell the audience just how stunning this original deal was with Alex Acosta.”

Government Accountability and Epstein's Deal

8:00 to 10:00

Discussion on the controversial plea deal Epstein received and its implications.

“And another curious fact is that there's two suicide attempts, one that's obviously successful by Jeffrey Epstein, but both of those, I think one of them, there's zero video.”

The Role of Trump's DOJ

10:00 to 12:00

Exploring the implications of Trump's DOJ in the Epstein case and accountability issues.

“For God's sakes, everybody's in the Epstein file, secret service, whacking off in public.”

Hypocrisy and Political Conduct

12:00 to 14:00

Critique of political figures' behavior and hypocrisy in relation to family values.

“Multiple sources say the relationship was not discreet and became common knowledge.”
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0:04Surprise, surprise, Josh Welch is back and also surprise, surprise, surprise, Trump's DOJ just released a Jeffrey Epstein suicide note. I'm calling BS on it. Just want to get that out on the front end of this, pop this up. David Enric posts Epstein's apparent suicide note unsealed today at the request of the New York Times. Here's what it says. They investigated me for months, found nothing. Nothing is in cap block, which is eerily familiar. It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye. What you want me to do, bust out crying. And then we go to caps lock. No fun, not worth it. Josh.

0:53Looks exactly like a Donald Trump tweet.

1:00I can just imagine in my waning hours as I'm in my cell that I'm going to put shit in all caps. I'm going to put all these exclamation points as I'm about to hang myself. I'm thinking about my whole life flash right by me and I exclamation point, exclamation point, exclamation point. Okay. Let's just role play here for a second that Donald Trump did author, allegedly, this suicide note. I think that wasn't the final version. I think it might've been a little bit more detailed and somebody walked him back from it. What do you think? The reason why we know that this didn't come from Trump is because there would have been a last sentence that would have said, oh, by the way, Donald Trump didn't have anything to do with any of this shit that people are talking about.

1:51And because it doesn't contain that sentence, I'm convinced that maybe Trump didn't write it. All right. And so Epstein's cellmate, Nicholas Tartiglione, said he discovered the note in July, 2019, after Mr. Epstein was found unresponsive with a strip of cloth wrapped around his neck. Mr. Epstein survived that incident, but he was found dead weeks later at the age of 66. And here's more reporting from the New York Times. The note was made public on Wednesday by Judge Kenneth M. Karras of Federal District Court in White Plains, New York, who oversaw the cellmates case. The judge acted after the New York Times petitioned the court last Thursday to unseal the document and publish an article in which Mr.

2:41Tartaglione described the note and how it came into his possession. The Times has not authenticated whether Mr. Epstein wrote the note, which was placed on the court docket Wednesday evening. And the release of the note came on the same day that the House Oversight Committee held a closed door meeting with Treasury Secretary Howard Letnick. And you may remember Howard Letnick is the guy that came out in the Epstein files, who's basically begging Epstein if he can stop by his island on his yacht and he's giving his kids ages and genders. It's really weird shit. And I think he said prior to his testimony that he hadn't spoken or talked to Jeffrey Epstein since 2005.

3:28Fairly knowing. It turned off fine. And then there's all these emails like, yeah, it's kind of a comedy show. You can't keep up with all the lying, whose lying the most. This guy, Tartaglione, he was sentenced recently to four consecutive life sentences. He's a former police officer. He finds this note, he says, four days after Epstein's suicide attempt. and keep in mind he's trying to use this note in a court proceeding to get leniency from a judge because he's arguing or using it to show that he tried to save his life so put that in context if you're a defendant how bad must it be that you're asking for leniency because you tried to save Jeffrey Epstein's life there's probably not a lot of love to give for you even if you did do that which he didn't, I'm sure.

4:25But yeah, this is comical at best. And here is Ro Khanna on Howard Lutnik. Play the clip. I know why that interview was not videotaped. If Donald Trump had seen the video transcript, he would have fired Howard Lutnik. It was really embarrassing. He was asked very straightforward questions about whether he regretted misleading the American people. I mean he said that he would never see Epstein again in 2005 and everyone knows that he took his wife and kids to see Epstein in 2012 and yet it was just contortions and lies and no acknowledgement that he misled the American public and if you saw the exchanges that my colleagues had with him, you would see he made a force of the English language.

5:23And just, you know, it's obvious that everybody in the Trump circle and a lot of these oligarchs, much to my surprise, all are in the Epstein files in some form or fashion. And the timestamp of their involvement with Jeffrey Epstein is really troubling to me because it's after he pled guilty for sex crimes in Florida. If you'll just speak to the audience about the fact that he got this type of sweetheart deal, you know these federal prosecutors, you know how they charge sex crimes. Tell the audience just how stunning this original deal was with Alex Acosta. In 2008, when this happened, I don't think anybody could have imagined that a United States attorney would cut a deal with Jeffrey Epstein and give him the deal that he got and be able to save face with it.

6:26And it's clear knowing how the government investigates their sex crimes cases, how serious they take them. I mean, it's clear as day that because Jeffrey Epstein was wealthy because he had leverage with leaders or on leaders, could possibly have information about them. It was clear that this deal was cut. And then after it was cut, everybody was tucking and running, trying to blame everybody else for doing it. And there are even some Democratic administrations along the way that we could say honestly could have done a more thorough job of cleaning this up. And then you see the same cast of characters that surface over and over.

7:09And some of them are in President Trump's cabinet. Think about that. And President Trump is in it. And then the part that baffles me is that Congress passed this act, this so-called Bullshit Transparency Act. And DOJ is just saying, you know what, we're not going to turn this over. We're just not going to give it to you. We don't give a shit. We realize Congress passed this act, but we're not going to give it to you and we don't care. And we can't do anything to enforce it because Trump controls DOJ. And if DOJ is not bringing some sort of action, who is? Who else can? Remind me who controlled the DOJ when Tartaglione found the suicide note and when Jeffrey Epstein, quote unquote, committed suicide.

7:59Who was in charge of the DOJ then? Well, it would have been 2019. Trump and Bill Park. Yeah. And another curious fact is that there's two suicide attempts, one that's obviously successful by Jeffrey Epstein, but both of those, I think one of them, there's zero video. And then the second one, which is of his actual death, has been tampered with. It's so painfully obvious if people want to see it. What happened? Right. I mean, I don't think there's anybody who believes that this was a suicide. I don't think anybody genuinely believes that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. And now when you couple that with the fact that Trump's DOJ and Trump was president when this alleged suicide took place with now Trump 2.0 and these efforts to break the law where Congress passes this Epstein Transparency Act and they say, fuck you, we're not releasing anymore.

9:03I always say this, and we need to say it over and over again, MAGA is an anti-family, pro-child rape death cult. They are. The evidence is just overwhelming that that's what this political party believes in. That's right. And you have Todd Blanche, who we discussed earlier, out auditioning for the president. You have him meeting with Ms. Maxwell, right, and her lawyer, who is also a good friend of Todd Blanche's. I mean, this thing is an inside job. It's an inside job. And so you can count the days until Ms. Maxwell gets her pardon. Yeah. You can count the days. And if you think, well, God, that's not going to happen.

9:40That's crazy. It's going to happen. And it is fucking crazy. All right. Speaking of crazy creeps, let's pop this up. A Secret Service agent involved in protecting Trump has been arrested for allegedly masturbating naked in a hotel hallway. And I just have this question for you, listener. Can anybody around Trump keep their dick in their pants? For God's sakes, everybody's in the Epstein file, secret service, whacking off in public. This guy is on Trump's detail. Is that right, Ryan? Josh? Well, he looked like he was a little bit intoxicated in that photograph. And, uh, you read this shit every day and, and keep in mind that this is the party that gets to champion the fact that they have Christian values, that their family values, they, and somehow they can sell this shit across America.

10:35They have Fox news and these other outlets that will pitch this incredible amount of bullshit to people that will absorb it and soak it in when you have these kinds of people. I mean, he sort of personifies MAGA, right? I'm sure he's a MAGA Christian. I bet you today, right now, he's like, well, I've got to get saved again. And everybody's like, yeah, he does. We're going to go find Jesus again. And that's going to be the end of the public masturbation. And more members of Congress are being investigated for their weird behavior towards women. Pop this up. Here's some scoops. sources told Axios they witnessed inappropriate conduct by Representative Chuck Edwards toward two female staffers in their 20s.

11:18The interactions included gifts, one-on-one dinners, a Vegas trip, and a handwritten letter from Edwards telling a staffer, I only wish I could explain the joy and meaning to me for the time we spent together at the office, but especially away from it. So again, it's always these MAGA Christian alleged pro-family that always turn out to be the MAGA pro-pedophilia anti-family death cult. We know if this guy's married. I mean, that would just make perfect sense if he was, but I couldn't tell from the article. Yeah, he's married. Multiple sources say the relationship was not discreet and became common knowledge.

12:04So that's the sort of whipped cream and the cherry on top for all this, that you're doing all this stuff. You're married, you're pro-Christian values, you're all the traditional family, that you're all the stuff that they all want to be. And you're out doing this kind of shit. And it makes you understand why people like myself and Jennifer have such disdain for this hypocrisy, for these people that walk around and act like they're Christians and they're good, loving people and they believe in their country and they're patriotic and they're doing all this shit all the time. The country is just right with these people that do this shit.

12:47All right. Speaking of fascists, pre-order my book. It helps support our channel a lot. It's called Not Today Fascists, The Lies That Got Us Here and The Truth That Will Reunite Us Wherever You Get Your Books. We do have some exciting news. So Substack is kind of where it's at. People are abandoning newspapers. And I have added Julia Sun and Shine to our Substack. She's writing incredible work. And we are adding it personal. I've had it legal analyst backed by popular demand, none other than Josh Welch. So make sure you are subscribed to our sub stack. We're going to be popping off on that going live and lots of behind the scenes coverage of what it's like dealing with the DOJ and what somebody who is a criminal lawyer, what their take is on the criminal regime in the White House.

13:40Josh. I'm going to do my very best to take these somewhat complex issues and dummy those issues down and talk about especially what's going on with the Department of Justice, what's going on with the Jeffrey Epstein files, issues like that that people want to hear about. I'm going to break those down and provide a succinct, clear, understandable explanation for what happened. All right. Make sure you're subscribed here. Join us on Substack. Follow us on social media. Pre-order my book. Y 'all have a lot to do. We'll be back later with more news.

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