4Chan knew about Jeffrey Epstein's death 38 minutes before the rest of the world. The FBI tried to figure out how.

Jeffrey Epstein

DOJ's Epstein files

• A 4Chan user posted about Jeffrey Epstein's death before anyone else.
• The Epstein Files show how the FBI tried to identify who the person was.
• Epstein and Christopher Poole, the reclusive 4Chan founder, discussed meeting in 2011.

Among the many mysteries surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is how, exactly, a website famous for pornography and white nationalism got the scoop on his death.

At 8:16 a.m. on August 10, 2019, an anonymous 4Chan user posted...