Employees at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reportedly took his own life last week are not cooperating with the Justice Department investigators according to Fox News.
Two senior DOJ officials sent by Attorney General William Barr have been on-site at MCC while the agency’s Inspector General investigates the situation. According to a senior DOJ official, Barr said that “serious irregularities” had been uncovered at the jail.
The night of Epstein’s death, correctional officers did not check on the extremely high-profile prisoner for “several hours” before he died, despite being required to look in on him every 30 minutes. Moreover, guards are suspected of falsifying log entries to show that they were checking as required, according to the Associated Press.
In response, officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons have been on-site at MCC to assist with the investigation.
BOP officials from various regional offices have also been sent to the Manhattan facility to lend their expertise and insight. In addition, a separate BOP “After Action Team” went to MCC earlier this week in an effort to examine what happened the night Epstein died. The use of the “After Action Team” is part of BOP protocol whenever a “significant event takes place at a prison.
Epstein was found dead in his cell on Aug. 10. Earlier Friday, New York City’s medical examiner officially ruled the 66-year-old’s death a suicide by hanging.
Fox News has also learned that 20 of 21 prison staff posts were filled between the hours of 4 p.m. and 12 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, the day before Epstein was found. Of those prison workers, six of them were working voluntary overtime. Between 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, 18 of 19 staff posts were filled. Of those 18 staffers, 10 were working overtime and all but one of those were doing so voluntarily. -Fox News
Two staffers have been placed on administrative leave, while MCC’s warden was reassigned pending the investigation.
“It is indisputable that the authorities violated their own protocols,” said Epstein’s attorneys, Martin Weinberg, Reid Weingarten and Michael Miller. “The defense team fully intends to conduct its own independent and complete investigation into the circumstances and cause of Mr. Epstein’s death including if necessary legal action to view the pivotal videos - if they exist as they should - of the area proximate to Mr. Epstein’s cell during the time period leading to his death.”
Epstein’s attorneys also addressed the deceased pedophile’s controversial autopsy, which concluded that he hanged himself using bed-sheets, breaking his hyoid bone near the Adam’s apple. This is typically only broken during strangulation victims, however they can also be broken via hanging - particularly if the person is older.
“We are not satisfied with the conclusions of the medical examiner,” they said, adding “We will have a more complete response in the coming days” (and will bill Epstein’s estate accordingly, we’re sure).
Meanwhile, several women are suing Epstein’s estate, claiming he sexually abused them.
The suit, filed Thursday in a federal court in New York, claims the women were working as hostesses at a popular Manhattan restaurant in 2004 when they were recruited to give Epstein massages. One was 18 at the time. The other was 20.
The lawsuit says an unidentified female recruiter offered the hostesses hundreds of dollars to provide massages to Epstein, saying he ‘liked young, pretty girls to massage him,’ and wouldn’t engage in any unwanted touching. The women say Epstein groped them anyway.
One plaintiff now lives in Japan, the other in Baltimore. They seek $100 million in damages, citing depression, anxiety, anger and flashbacks.
Other lawsuits, filed over many years by other women, accused him of hiring girls as young as 14 or 15 to give him massages, then subjecting them to sex acts. -Daily Mail
Epstein had faced up to 45 years in prison if found guilty of exploiting dozens of underage girls at his residences in Manhattan and Florida between 2002 and 2005.
via zerohedge
they are not cooperating does not make sense. he was killed.
No reason why prison personel should give a damn whether Epstein was hanged or strangled? only reason to thwart this investigation is if Epstein is waiting on a remote island for them to come work for him there? ALWAYS follow the money, and again on this case, Epstein has the money.
Sure he was a pos… But, he had names, numbers, pic’s ..& America will never see them now. Sounds like the “B&H suicide squad” hit’s again….And who is next? …. Bet window is open.
They don’t want to add to the Clinton body count.. I don’t blame them at all..
Gary K knows what is going on………..everyone in the world who does not have his or her head in the sand knew Epstein was never going to trial……he was dead, dead, dead, one way or another. Those guards most likely cut some deal with the people who actually run this world and looked the other way while the deed was done. They know if they talk, they will be dead, dead, dead as well. I am even willing to bet, both these guards will eventually be dead as well because they only way to really silence people is to kill them. You never know when they may grow a conscience……….just like the young girls that Clinton had at Epstein island………they will never talk because they are buried in those caverns on the island.
The Clintons are monsters. Why can’t the people who voted for Mrs Monster Clinton see how evil she is. I hope one day soon what they have done to so many people will come back to them Ten Fold
Hell awaits them…be assured of that….Can’t see them repenting and asking for forgiveness from God…they have sold their souls to the devil.
Has anyone ever noticed that everyone who is going to testify against the Clintons “commits suicide”? It started all the way back to Vince Foster. He was due to testify against them in the Whitewater scheme. It continues to this day.
Perhaps the guards were well paid to keep their mouths shut.
@ Gary K. To HELL with the dirty, rotten Clintons. Bill was and is a filthy sexual pervert and Hillary is a treacherous, treasonous murderer. Give them what they deserve, a long, drawn out and extremely painful death.
I will volunteer my services for any two week period they are “made available”.
They didn’t do the job they were be paid to do, and now they refuse to cooperate….only in the government can you do that and keep your job.
So true. They are trying to protect themselves from their incompetence. They can be made to talk believe me. i am sure he got murdered and people were paid off. We are not stupid we seen this before. I am also very suspicious that the Clinton’s are directly involved with this rat. It is easy to imagine who is behind this so-called suicide.
Maybe they DID do the job they were paid 2 do.
Many people are suspected of being involved in the CONSPIRACY to end this man’s life. The 1st attempt was by His cellmate (rather large ex-cop, supposed to have murdered Four & buried Them in His Yard)—deemed an attempted suicide. The Second strange thing was 2 fold : removing His cell mate, CAMERA (S) failing—
Everyone involved need to be arrested/ booked (for involvement in a murder) and put under “oath” before being questioned—-A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.
You can bet any potential ”valuable witnesses” of Epstein’s infamous notoriety, while incarcerated, will be CLOSELY watched by people trusted by AG Barr!!
If they are not cooperating, then it can be assumed they were accomplices in a murder!!!! Or OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
conspiracy?
Many rich & Powerful people are behind this HIT.
simple; ask a guard a question, he won’t answer. hang him on the spot. Next guard will have more answers than you have questions.
He’s dead ! Warden and the guards have already got the pay off. It’s to soon to kill them because it would draw to much attention to the murder. Powers that be will play it down as much as possible and move away as quickly. I will bet anyone that all involved will meet with an accident.
I think you are right. Wouldn’t be the first time either.
FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL. Start by back tracking all accounts and spending the day Jeffery Epstein entered that “lock up”. There is sure to be evidence of outside influence.
FIRE THEM!
NO, JAIL THEM!!!
Involvement in murder can get you life , or death. Remember the girl in the movie : I WANT TO LIVE? She did not pull the trigger.
If these guards will not cooperate the. They should be tried, convicted and sentenced a murderers after the fact in Epstein’s death. If he actually did commit suicide, which I in concrete terms, FULLY DOUBT, then these guards were complicit in allowing Epstein to end his own life. But with the suicide rate that is connected to a certain Political Crime Fsmily, of which one family member was stuck to Epstein like Gorilla Gkue, Suicide is not my first thought in his death!!
1.Suicide watch canceled
2.Cellmate removed just in time.
3.No 30 Minute Check
4.Camera not working
5.Guards Asleep
6.Paper sheet used for noose.
7.Screaming and shrieking from his cell
8.Falsifying log records
If Epstein hung himself, why was he found on his knees on the floor????
OK SOCIALIST’S now is the time to DEMAND an investigation for the complete story of the Epstein death……You like INVESTIGATIONS SO MUCH why don’t you do this one……OH, because there are possibly HIGH PROFILE SOCIALISTS that had something to lose if he lived (I think you know ONE in particular)……”PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS”…
jonmac good point totally agree
Dead men don’t bite nor tell no tails.
You can’t shriek and scream when your windpipe is being crushed either.
I just don’t believe that he committed suicide. Tying a sheet to the upper bunk, kneeling to get any resistance, and then leaning forward to cause it to strangle you just doesn’t compute. Number one, I don’t care how determined you were, I just don’t believe it would work because of the instinct to let up on the tension and give up on that idea and number two, the pressure necessary to break the hyoid bone and other bones in the neck would only be strong enough if he had rigged a noose that hung from the ceiling and jumped off a ladder or tall chair that would cause a violent trauma to the neck. I am no expert, but I cannot believe anyone with a mind capable of analytical thought would swallow that story either.
They are not cooperating because they don’t want to end up like Epstein. Loose ends. Here’s an old proverb or saying. “The only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead”. Pretty sure Epstein won’t be the last to die involved with this crime.
They will meet their reward in the future. No one will be left alive for fear of a revelation of doing the right thing or writing a book. They are the walking dead, including, all witnesses and victims.
Guards aren’t talking because they know they WILL be sued.
The warden was transferred, and the 2 guards were “placed on administrative leave”.
They should have been fired.
I still don’t believe he is dead. There is a nagging conspiracy theory in the back of my brain that screams this is all ‘smoke-n-mirrors’ to catch a bunch of highfalutin creeps.
The FBI, CIA, and even the Secret Service are ALL capable of pulling off a coverup like this.
Follow the money.
I would be very concerned if I worked that shift of crime incident, because the Clinton’s have a way of eliminating/erasing possible info. sources. Heavy protection is now a good option if all involved want to continue on this earth!
And, if we would have a credible/just effective JUSTICE SYSTEM then we would all be a lot safer & THE CLINTON GANG/CORRUPT MISFITS would have been locked up or eliminated a long, long, long, long time ago…….
If you used a bed sheet for a noose, how big around would it be. It would not be like a rope, with all the pressure in one spot, it would probable be as wide as your neck and might support your whole weight without strangling you. Also a rope would tighten as you applied weight, where it would be hard to tie a bed sheet with a slip knot in it. it’s possible you might be able to strangle yourself but seems like it would be almost impossible to break any bones.
Expose, Boycott, Sue, prosecute and bring to justice all these deep state treasonous Godless NAZI commie liberal demoncrats and RINOs post-haste,Patriots! Drain the rat infested swamp President Trump!!
Don’t worry!! They will be fired by the Clinton Mafia. They will commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head or by decapitating themselves. Have no fear, justice will be undone!!
I am sure they are not cooperating under advice of counsel …. counsel would recommend that to protect their rights - and You cannot just fire people in government positions without due process - and there has not been time for that to occur
It should be very interesting to watch how this is handled by DOJ and to watch if they remain alive in time to testify to anything pertinent
Dream on folks the fix is in, too many high profile big-wigs to ever get any of this stuff out they are all resting very good today no more Epstein to muddle things up!!!!
Simple. They talk, The Clintons will kill them or their families. I wouldn’t talk either.
the Clintons had their buddy putin put someone up tp killing him
It is amazing that they think we are so stupid and can’t see through this entire circus. The man was murdered because too many powerful people are involved.
Is He Really Dead!? If so let’s see the Body! Don’t Believe any of this BS! He had Enough Money to pay off any Guard he wanted to Right!? So if the Camera supposedly “Malfunctioned” then he could have walked right out of that prison! Who would have stopped him!? He is Probably on one of his private Islands with underage girls right now! Follow the Money! See where that takes you! If Guards won’t talk then put them in Jail! They broke the Rules by not checking on this High Profile prisoner!
Subpoena them and if they do not co-operate then throw them in jail until they do-co-operate. Freeze their bank accounts and don’t allow any visitors. If they have a family too bad. They should have thought of that. And do not allow them to get any compensation from their job and fire them without any benefits, retirement etc,
RE: “Epstein prison guards not cooperating with DOJ probe”. FALSE!!!
FOX NEWS stated that the 2 guards were not INITIALLY cooperating. I would guess that was likely because of their filing false claims regarding the times they checked on his cell.
GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT !
I don’t believe he’s dead, either. I believe he had plastic surgery last week and is walking around New York as we speak.
The fact the prison guards are not cooperating should not surprise anyone.
Well - They can be fired but I’d prosecute them as accessories….
BUY THIS —- as I grope myself —— Sorry folks but they get more and more liberal and stupid as time passes…….The founding fathers KNEW this to come about that’s why they put it in the constitution as the 2nd amendment……Their arms were taken along with anything else the british wanted including Kids - Women - food - goods…. etc…..If you didn’t like it - you were hanged…. Man - I love it…..The proud boys being attacked by everyone including the politicians - ACLU and SPLC…. I must support these guys and women for standing up to these thugs but must we go after their supporters to end this crap……once and for all…. Whatever happened to E-Verify…..Sorry the dems refused to fund it because the problem of over 60 million people were listed as UNVERIFIABLE…..
charge him for obstruction he will talk then
Epstein was expected to be murdered and he was! How can anyone believe anything else?