Convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein’s final known message, sent just hours before he was found hanging in his Manhattan jail cell, stated that he was “still hanging around.”
“I believe that I got the last message from him before he died,” journalist Michael Wolff revealed on an episode of “The Daily Beast Podcast” airing Thursday.
“And this came through one of his lawyers on a Friday evening. He died on Saturday morning,” Wolff continued.
“His message to me hours before this happened was — and it was just in response to me asking how he was — and he said, ‘Still hanging around,’” the Donald Trump biographer said, as reported by the New York Post.
The chilling detail emerges as the Department of Justice confirmed this week that there is no evidence Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in custody, despite years of speculation and conspiracy theories suggesting otherwise.
Epstein, 66, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on multiple sex-trafficking charges.
Author Michael Wolff revealed that Epstein had asked him to write his biography in 2014—a request he declined. Nevertheless, the two remained in contact.
When asked for his own theory on Epstein’s death, Wolff suggested that it will likely remain a mystery. “I don’t know,” he said.
“He could not, as described, have killed himself,” he said — while also noting, “As the circumstances presented, he could not have been murdered.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi immediately came under fire after the Department of Justice issued a statement earlier this week claiming there was no proof that Epstein retained a “client list” or was killed.
A memo obtained by Axios said investigators found “no incriminating ‘client list’” and “no credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals.”
It also stated that video evidence from the Manhattan jail where Epstein was detained when he died backed a medical examiner’s conclusion that he committed suicide.
Rumors regarding Epstein’s supposed client list have spread since the infamous financier died while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019, with some assuming it will implicate well-known figures in sex crimes.
The memo said that “no further disclosure” of records related to Epstein would be “appropriate or warranted.”
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the memo said.
It also said the DOJ and the FBI’s review of records found that much of it was “subject to court-ordered sealing” and that only a fraction “would have been aired publicly had Epstein gone to trial, as the seal served only to protect victims and did not expose any additional third parties to allegations of illegal wrongdoing.”
“Through this review, we found no basis to revisit the disclosure of those materials and will not permit the release of child pornography,” the memo continued.
Explaining the decision not to release further records, the memo said one of the government’s “highest priorities is combating child exploitation and bringing justice to victims.” It added, “Perpetuating unfounded theories about Epstein serves neither of those ends.”
In February, Bondi told Fox News that she had an alleged client list on her desk and planned to reveal it soon. The Justice Department then sent “declassified” binders to far-right influencers in the White House, although it rapidly became evident that most of the information was already public.
That catastrophe enraged conservatives and did not put an end to conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s case.
Later, Bondi stated that she had been informed of the presence of thousands of pages of previously revealed records and had directed the FBI to produce the “full and complete Epstein files,” including any films.
She stated in May that the FBI was looking at “tens of thousands of videos” of Epstein “with children or child porn.”