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What we know about Epstein death announcement dated day before he died

A claim spread online that the Department of Justice created a news release about the death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Aug. 9, 2019 — the day before his death.

During the first Trump administration, the DOJ publicly announced Epstein's death in a news release dated Aug. 10, 2019, which was the day he died. Reporter Laerke Christensen broke down what we've verified about the claim.

Did Bondi say Epstein files prosecution would cause 'whole system' to collapse? Not so fast

The Department of Justice released files showing Epstein was in touch with celebrities, politicians and royals.

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Staff pick

25 Epstein files claims we've investigated since their public release

Following the Department of Justice's initial release of thousands of case files related to the Epstein investigation in December 2025, we've been flooded with claims about what did (or didn't) appear in the documents.

Reporter Joey Esposito rounded up some of our most popular investigations about the files.