US justice publishes alleged suicide letter from Epstein

WashingtonA federal judge has released a suicide note attributed to the child molester Jeffrey Epstein. The note had been kept under seal for years, since the billionaire was found dead in his jail cell before being tried for sex trafficking. "They have been investigating me for months and they have found nothing!!", says the note, which various US media outlets have accessed.

"It is a privilege to be able to choose the moment to say goodbye –the note continues–. What do you want me to do? Should I start crying?". And it concludes: "It's not fun! It's not worth it".

The existence of the note was first known by the New York Times because numerous case documents released by the Justice Department referenced it, but now it has been seen for the first time, as justice has ordered its publication.

Epstein's former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, had explained that he discovered the letter in July 2019, weeks after authorities found Epstein unconscious in the cell. The child molester survived that incident, but was found dead weeks later. His death was classified as a suicide.

Judge Kenneth M. Karas, who was overseeing the criminal case related to Tartaglione, ordered that the note be published, at the request of the New Yotk Times. The text, however, has not been authenticated.

Commerce Secretary implicated

Just this Wednesday James Cormer, the Republican overseeing the Epstein case committee, told reporters that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had not been "100% sincere" in his testimony about his visit to Epstein's private island.

After President Trump, Lutnick is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to appear prominently in Epstein's files. Last year, in a podcast interview, he said he decided "never to be in a room with" Epstein again after a visit to the financier's Manhattan home in 2005 that disturbed both him and his wife.