The New York City medical examiner and the Justice Department Inspector General ruled that Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging. After initially being suspicious, then-Attorney General William Barr said what happened was “a perfect storm of screw-ups” after both the FBI and Justice Department conducted their probes into Epstein’s death.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino have confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019 was a suicide, countering conspiracy theories that have persisted since his death.