Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note kept from Department of Justice

Thursday, 7 May 2026 09:48

The US Department of Justice had not seen Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note until it was released by a court yesterday.

The department was questioned as to why the note was not part of their investigations into the death of the paedophile financier.

"The note has not yet been authenticated, and this is the first time DOJ is seeing it as well," the department said in a statement.

Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note.

The note was found by a cellmate of Epstein and turned in to court, where it has remained secret for years.

But it was made public by a judge after the New York Times petitioned for its release.

"They investigated me for months — FOUND NOTHING!!!" the note reads.

"It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye.

"Watcha want me to do — Bust out cryin!!

"NO FUN. NOT WORTH IT."

The note has not been authenticated as being penned by Epstein.

Fellow inmate at Metropolitan Correctional Centre Nicholas Tartaglione said he found the note within the pages of a graphic novel.

It was penned on a piece of yellow paper ripped from a legal pad.

Tartaglione said he found the note after Epstein had been found dead in another cell.

Today's court ruling states the note predates Epstein's death by "over a week".

Jeffrey Epstein is a long-time friend of President Donald Trump.

In deciding to release the note, the judge found "the privacy interests of a third party who is deceased, like Jeffrey Epstein, are vastly reduced".

Weeks before his death, Epstein had denied a previous suicide attempt and told staff at the jail that marks on his neck were from Tartaglione attacking him.

Epstein was then moved into another cell by himself, where he was found dead.

Epstein's suicide has been the subject of much conjecture and suspicion.

Tartaglione, a former police officer, is serving four life sentences after being convicted of killing four people.

He has repeatedly denied causing any harm to Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious child sex trafficker and friend to many powerful people.

He gave the note to his lawyer to submit to court, out of fear he would be accused of harming Epstein again.

He has been cleared of any involvement in Epstein's death.

The note was released after the judge got the blessing of Tartaglione's lawyers and the prosecutors who tried his case.

It was not included in the as-yet-released Epstein files and has not been mentioned in formal investigations of his death.

Epstein had been indicted on charges of sex trafficking minors at the time of his death.

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