Internal DOJ email from August 16, 2019 notifying prosecutors that the NYC Medical Examiner officially ruled Jeffrey Epstein's death a suicide by hanging.

This is an internal email from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (USANYS) sent on August 16, 2019, informing key officials including Geoffrey Berman and Craig Stewart that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) had officially concluded Jeffrey Epstein's cause of death was hanging and the manner of death was suicide. The email indicates OCME planned to issue a press release and official death certificate that afternoon. This document provides a behind-the-scenes look at how federal prosecutors were informed of the autopsy results before the public announcement.

Key Highlights

• •Internal DOJ communication revealing prosecutors learned of the suicide ruling before public announcement
• •Sent to Geoffrey Berman, then-U.S. Attorney for SDNY, and other key prosecutors
• •Dated exactly six days after Epstein was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019
• •Shows coordination between OCME and federal prosecutors on the death investigation

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