Democracy Dies in Darkness

‘We need answers. Lots of them.’ What’s known and what’s next after Jeffrey Epstein’s death

August 11, 2019 at 9:24 a.m. EDT
Jeffrey Epstein was charged July 8 with sex trafficking crimes and pleaded not guilty. The Post's Kimberly Kindy breaks down the charges. (Video: Allie Caren/The Washington Post, Photo: Osman Malik/The Washington Post)

Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges, died after he was discovered unresponsive from an “apparent suicide” on Saturday morning in a federal detention center in Manhattan. His death has raised questions about the investigation and its political implications.

Questions lingered after the death, and multiple agencies announced investigations into the circumstances, including the FBI, the Justice Department’s inspector general and the New York City medical examiner.