A federal judge released a purported suicide note from Epstein on Wednesday, discovered by his former cellmate, who said he found it tucked inside a book in their shared cell following Epstein’s first unsuccessful suicide attempt in July 2019. He was found dead weeks later. Meanwhile, a Guardian investigation revealed that billionaire Leon Black, who faces a civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a teenage girl inside Epstein’s New York townhouse in 2002, privately reached out to a federal judge to raise doubts about his accuser’s claims. The judge later reversed a $2.5 million award previously granted to the accuser. In an exclusive statement to The Guardian, the accuser, known as Jane Doe, said, “Justice is not always blind. It is often shaped by power, access, and who is able to withstand the process. I am still here. And I am not done.”

And in related news, President Trump asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to pause its ruling rejecting his challenge to E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million defamation case against him, clearing the way for Trump to appeal to the Supreme Court.