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.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in federal custody, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has said, adding there is no evidence of foul play despite speculations stating otherwise.