US judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note
Summary
A New York judge released a document claimed to be a suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2019. The note was part of a court case involving Epstein’s former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, but the judge did not confirm if the note was real.Key Facts
- The note was handwritten on a yellow legal pad and includes Epstein’s message about investigations finding nothing against him.
- Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
- Nicholas Tartaglione, a convicted murderer and Epstein’s cellmate for two weeks, said he found the note in their shared cell.
- The note had not been seen by federal investigators and was missing from the millions of documents the Justice Department released about Epstein.
- A New York Times report led to the public release of the note after a judge ruled it subject to public access.
- US Congress passed a law requiring the Justice Department to release all files related to Epstein’s case, which President Donald Trump signed.
- Lawmakers are investigating Epstein’s social connections and have subpoenaed several US officials and outsiders for testimony.
- No one in the US has been criminally charged in connection with Epstein’s crimes, though some foreign officials have faced charges.
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