An anonymous 4Chan user posted that Jeffrey Epstein died 38 minutes before anyone else shared the news. According to newly declassified government files, the FBI investigated the 4Chan user and hit a dead end.
On Aug. 13, 2019, Buzzfeed News‘ Jane Lytvynenko reported that at around 8:16 a.m. on the day Epstein died on Aug. 10, someone posted on 4Chan, “[D]ont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac arrest. Screencap this,” along with a picture of Pepe the frog, frequently shared by alt-right trolls.
