Read: Epstein's purported suicide note released by judge

• Online influencers pushed conspiracy theories about Epstein's death after it was ruled a suicide, but the Justice Department and FBI — now headed by one of those influencers, Kash Patel — concluded last July that he had in fact died by suicide.

Driving the news: Judge Kenneth Karas released the unverified and undated note to the court's docket, in regards to a case relating to the 's former cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione, who told the New York Times he had found it.

Read the letter and note submitted to the court, via DocumentCloud:

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Editor's note: This article has been updated with more context.