Barr affirms medical examiner’s Epstein suicide ruling

Published August 21, 2019 10:34pm ET



Attorney General William Barr said he believes Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his Manhattan jail cell earlier this month.

“I have seen nothing that undercuts the finding of the medical examiner that this was a suicide,” Barr told reporters in Dallas on Wednesday. Barr also said his investigation is moving “expeditiously” and expects to report his findings soon to both Congress and the public.

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