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United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General

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Dec 4, 2025
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Were undercover FBI agents present at the January 6 2021 Capitol attack?

Government watchdogs and major news outlets say no undercover FBI employees were present at the Capitol or embedded in the Jan. 6 crowds; the Justice Department Inspector General’s report concluded “n...

Nov 15, 2025
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What role did the CIA and FBI play in monitoring the 911 hijackers before the attacks?

Available reporting shows the CIA had intelligence on two future hijackers (Nawaf al‑Hazmi and Khalid al‑Mihdhar) before 9/11 but did not timely get their names onto FBI watchlists; the 9/11 Commissio...

Nov 14, 2025
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Who were the five Israeli men arrested on 9/11 and what were their backgrounds?

Five Israeli nationals were detained by U.S. authorities on September 11, 2001, after they were observed photographing the burning World Trade Center from a New Jersey vantage point and later stopped ...

Jan 12, 2026

are there reports that some spstein victims were killed

Yes — among thousands of documents recently released in the Justice Department’s Epstein file drops and in FBI tip records there are explicit allegations that some people connected to Epstein’s world ...

Nov 17, 2025

What was the official cause of Jeffrey Epstein's death on August 10 2019?

The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging; that ruling and supporting autopsy findings were reported by multiple outlets (cause: suicide...

Nov 18, 2025

Timeline of events surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in MCC 2019

Jeffrey Epstein was found unresponsive in his Special Housing Unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) on the morning of August 10, 2019; authorities pronounced his death an apparent suicide...

Jan 20, 2026

Where can I access the plea agreement or OIG interview transcripts for the Courvelle detention‑officer case?

The publicly available plea agreement in the David Courvelle case can be accessed through reproduced court filings hosted by local news outlets and court‑document repositories; at least two copies of ...

Dec 21, 2025

What did the New York City medical examiner officially rule about Epstein's cause of death, and what evidence supported that finding?

The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner officially ruled Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death to be suicide by hanging after an autopsy performed on August 11, 2019, a determination announc...

Nov 16, 2025

What inconsistencies exist in reports of Epstein's injuries and suicide?

Reporting about Jeffrey Epstein’s death shows a core factual agreement — New York City’s Chief Medical Examiner ruled the manner “suicide” by hanging after an autopsy — but experts and officials disag...

Jan 23, 2026

Whose care was Epstein under when he hung himself

was in federal custody at the in — under the care and supervision of the and on-site jail staff — when he was found dead on August 10, 2019; multiple federal and local investigations concluded his dea...

Nov 17, 2025

How does the SSA detect and report fraudulent Social Security cards tied to immigration status?

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a mix of automated fraud-detection tools, interagency verification, and criminal investigation through its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to detect...

Oct 12, 2025

What was the role of federal officers during the January 6 Capitol riot?

Federal authorities’ presence on January 6, 2021 is contested: watchdog reports conclude the FBI had multiple confidential human sources near the Capitol but , while later reporting alleges hundreds o...

Dec 15, 2025

Were there previous suicide attempts or concerns about Epstein's mental health documented at MCC?

Available reporting says Jeffrey Epstein had at least one prior reported suicide attempt while detained at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) before his death in August 2019, and investigators...

Oct 27, 2025

How has the FBI's surveillance of left-wing groups evolved since the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001?

The FBI’s surveillance of left-wing and activist groups expanded after the USA PATRIOT Act through broader investigative authorities and data collection, producing documented instances of inappropriat...

Feb 6, 2026

What key evidence and procedural failures were documented in federal reports about Epstein’s custody at MCC?

Federal inspectors concluded that a cascade of operational failures, misconduct, and staffing shortfalls at the in left unmonitored and alone in his cell on the night he died, with specific lapses inc...

Feb 6, 2026

What did later official investigations (DOJ, Inspector General, FBI) conclude about Epstein’s death and how did they address Baden’s claims?

Three official reviews—the ’s criminal inquiry, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) review, and subsequent DOJ public releases—concluded that died by suicide and found no evidence of a criminal ...

Feb 4, 2026

What investigations exist into suspicious deaths tied to Epstein’s network since his 2019 arrest?

Federal and independent probes focused chiefly on ’s own death — including field inquiries and a Inspector General review — concluded there was no criminality while documenting grave procedural failur...

Feb 4, 2026

What forensic experts have said about neck injuries seen on Epstein and their likelihood for homicide vs suicide?

about ’s neck injuries split into two credible camps: , hired by Epstein’s family, argues that multiple fractures of the hyoid and thyroid cartilage and eye hemorrhages are more consistent with homici...

Feb 4, 2026

What did the Justice Department and FBI conclude in their reviews of Jeffrey Epstein’s death?

and concluded after exhaustive reviews that died by suicide in his jail cell and that investigators found no evidence of a built “client list,” successful of powerful figures, or a broader criminal en...

Feb 3, 2026

Which official reports have analyzed custody failures at the Metropolitan Correctional Center after Epstein’s death, and what did they conclude?

Three principal official inquiries culminated in public findings about custody failures at the ) after ’s August 10, 2019 death: the investigation, internal ) inquiries and disciplinary actions, and a...