Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier. | U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT / VIA REUTERS

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written ⁠by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”

Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 in what was ruled a suicide.

The handwritten note was said to have ​been found by his former jail cellmate, convicted murderer and ex-police officer Nicholas Tartaglione. U.S.…