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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...

Jan 12, 2026
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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 14, 2025

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 ...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Jan 4, 2026

how have courts and inspectors general assessed the dossier's reliability?

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (IG) concluded in December 2019 that FBI use of the Steele dossier in FISA applications contained serious errors and omissions — including 17 ...

Dec 21, 2025

were there policy or oversight changes after epstein's death and which administration implemented them?

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog found systemic failures in the Bureau of Prisons’ handling of Jeffrey Epstein that generated detailed recommendations for policy and oversight changes . Some...

Dec 19, 2025

What do the released FBI files reveal about investigators’ assessments of physical evidence in the 1993 and 2005 child-abuse probes?

The FBI documents released around the 1993 and 2005 child‑abuse probes show investigators repeatedly grappling with thin or absent physical corroboration, relying instead on witness cooperation and di...

Dec 6, 2025

Who was responsible for jail supervision at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on Aug 10, 2019?

On August 10, 2019, responsibility for supervision inside the Special Housing Unit (SHU) at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York rested with Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff assigned to...

Nov 16, 2025

Were any deaths of Epstein associates ruled homicides or remain under investigation rather than suicide?

Available reporting and government reviews say Jeffrey Epstein’s death in August 2019 was officially ruled a suicide by the New York City medical examiner and subsequent federal reviews (including the...

Nov 13, 2025

Were there any security lapses at the Manhattan Correctional Center during Epstein's detention?

The Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan exhibited multiple documented security and operational failures during Jeffrey Epstein’s detention that contributed to his death and prompted federal ...

Nov 9, 2025

Who first stated that over 200 FBI agents were at the January 6 2021 Capitol riot?

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., is the earliest identified public figure in the supplied analyses who asserted that were present at the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, claiming “easily 200 FBI undercover ass...

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...