Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) Profile picture
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Dec 23, 25 tweets

1/25

I think the DoJ may have accidently exposed a HUGE cover-up...

After research, I do now believe this letter is *FAKE*

Initially I thought his lawyer wrote it for him - but now my personal theory is:

-This was *PLANTED* by **Bill Barr**, to cover-up Epstein's death!

2/25

First, pulling the MCC records of commissary shows they DID stock blank post cards, in packs of 6 - something you'd have to be familiar with to fake.

But, Epstein's receipts don't show any purchase of post cards, the closest was a single envelope.

3/25

The post card uses the Rodger Dodger Hot Wheels postage stamp which was sold briefly in 2018.

Given the commissary's turn over of mail products, it's *very* unlikely a 2018 stamp was still being sold there in August of 2019.

4/25

The DoJ claims the "Postmark" is wrong.

What they are referring to is the "NOVA 220" and stylized imprint over the stamp.

This shows where something entered the USPS mail system and the stamp was marked as used.

5/25

This letter entered the post service not from MCC, but from NOVA processing facility in Northern Virginia, in the 220 range of zip codes.

That's right outside DC and includes the offices for the DoD, CIA, and other government agencies.

6/25

And according to stamp collecting websites, the code matches the same cancel pattern that was in use at that time.

Meaning it was authentically mailed from this region and not MCC.

7/25

The first option here, is that Epstein gave a note for his own attorney to write.

Reid Weingarten represented Epstein and met with him two days before his death.

He could have facilitated the drop off of this letter.

And NOVA is right across the river from where Steptoe LLC is located.

8/25

But at the time Reid seemed to work out of their New York office.

We also have Reid's signature in "19-2221_Documents.pdf" from the recent DoJ file release and the handwriting looks *nothing* like the letter.

9/25

But the post card writing doesn't look anything like Epstein's writing either.

Epstein also signed his name with some sloppy loop mark.

10/25

In fact, Epstein's writing is hard to find, because he mostly had Maxwell take notes for him.

His writing is incredibly sloppy, we find it in two places:

1) His pass port applications

2) The note he wrote in his jail cell.

He couldn't have written the note.

11/25

The note was also posted on Tuesday August 13th.

3 days after Epstein died.

Post in North Virginia takes 1 processing day after pick-up and is not collected on a Sunday.

Meaning it was likely posted sometime between August 10th at 3:01pm - Monday the 12th before noon.

12/25

This was 3 days after his last lawyer visit, and on the same day he died - making it deeply unlikely it would be his lawyer as it took ages to mail.

So that leaves us with a set of criteria...

13/25

So this needed to be someone:

-In North Virginia/DC area
-That knew prisons use blank post cards
-Who knew Epstein was dead right away
-Who wanted a note that looked like a suicide note
-Who had access to earlier Epstein files to know his language about "nubiles"
-Who knew Nassar was moved
-Who had similar penmanship
-Who had connection to Epstein.

14/25

And it just so happens that Bill Barr (the son of Epstein's first boss), was the attorney general under Trump at the time.

He was in charge of the case.

He was alerted to Epstein's death.

He had inside access to the case.

He knew about the birthday book.

15/25

And where did Barr live at the time?

A custom build home in McLean, Virginia.

In the NOVA processing region, with zipcodes starting with "220"

"NOVA 220"

16/25

Now this theory is crazy, right?

The Attorney General, planting a letter to look like a suicide note in the Epstein case is crazy.

His hand writing would also need to match... the rather unique handwriting in the latter....

oh...

17/25

The stylized "W" is consistent which is a common tell that someone's name contains that letter as they over stylize it.

It even has the same slant and middle part, and shares a style with an oddly open capital A in "As"

18/25

There is also a consistent lazy "R", but even more telling is the fact there are two *different* styles of R in the writing, which isn't common.

But Barr's signature has appeared with both styles in the past, just like the letter.

19/25

The letter also uses "open"/"unfinished" lower case "A's" even when standalone.

As seen in Barr's signature.

It even appears in the capital A in "As you know" which again is rare.

20/25

The letter open loops its L's and D's and other cursive letters.

As we see in "William" in Barr's full signature.

21/25

Barr has also used upward flourishes at the end of words.

Which we see repeated in the letter.

22/25

In his public office signature, he adopted a long tail-off, as does the letter in this signature.

23/25

And for an initial he uses a flared letter with a sharp point, notably spaced from the letter. The single dot is clean with no motion.

The letter does this as well.

24/25

Lastly, is the fact the letters are darker on the ends.

This is a straight of high-end pens like roller ball or fountain pen where the ink is continuous - not a BIC ball point pen.

And in 2019, when photographed for NYMag what pen did Barr have?

Some variety of either Parker Sonnet/IM Rollerball or a Waterman Expert either fountain or rollerball model.

The exact type of pens that can can bleed on letter ends but also have sharp points after an initial - and most people don't use them.

25/25

So what would this mean IF this theory is accurate?

That Bill Barr would be part of a cover-up, to hide details about Epstein's death by writing a fake letter he knew would be found.

The timeline matches.

The insider knowledge of Epstein cases match.

The location mailed from matches his home.

The handwriting matches.

The motive matches.

Even the content matches, the note conveniently starts off with Epstein alluding to killing himself, to someone he's never met.

Then mentions something about Trump's interest in young women - something that no one would ever expect was part of a cover-up.

They'd simply then in the future claim that the letter was a plant, without examining who or why.

But, if the letter were taken at face value, it'd give Bill Barr, the DoJ and the BoP the cover they needed for whatever actually happened in the prison that night.

Whether it was negligence, encouraged suicide, or murder, something was covered-up.

The AG, DoJ and BoP all cared about saving their own ass.

But if Barr did this, he'd never tell the incoming DoJ, and so they'd denounce this letter because of its mention of Trump, drawing unwanted scrutiny (like me) to look at it more closely.

And so unless one of Epstein's lawyers wrote this letter on his behalf, knowing their client was going to commit suicide, I can only arrive at the personal theory that Bill Barr posted this to cover-up Epstein's death.

(Standard disclaimer: This is my personal theory, no charges or formal allegations have been brought against Barr. Handwriting analysis is not an exact science, even though the FBI relies on it, and postage locations do not imply guilt. The best way to prove or disprove any coincidences occurring in the Epstein files would be the full release of the files, including the FBI's investigation into this letter. Which I'm sure Bill Barr would have no issue with, right?)

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