An internal email chain from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) sharing a Bureau of Prisons statement clarifying that Jeffrey Epstein was at MCC New York, not a hospital, following reports of his July 23, 2019 injury incident.

This document captures real-time internal communications within the SDNY Public Affairs office on July 25, 2019, just two days after Jeffrey Epstein was found semiconscious with marks on his neck in his jail cell. The email chain shows prosecutors monitoring and sharing media coverage of the Bureau of Prisons' official statement denying that Epstein had been transferred to a local hospital. The statement came amid widespread speculation about the nature and severity of his injuries, which later became a focal point of the DOJ Inspector General's investigation into Epstein's eventual death on August 10, 2019.

Key Highlights

• •Documents the Bureau of Prisons' official denial that Epstein was hospitalized after the July 23 incident
• •Shows SDNY prosecutors actively monitoring journalist Josh Gerstein's Twitter coverage of the case
• •Captures the immediate aftermath of Epstein's first suspicious injury, which occurred just 18 days before his death
• •Reveals coordination between federal prosecutors and prison officials on public messaging

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