House Judiciary Sends Bipartisan Demand For Answers On Epstein Death To IG

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) speaks with ranking member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) before a hearing about the Mueller report on June 10, 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The chairman and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee are seeking answer related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide death while he was in federal custody over the weekend.

In a letter sent to the Bureau of Prisons inspector general, Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Doug Collins (R-GA) asked for information on the department’s suicide watch program and details of Epstein’s confinement and monitoring. The two asked for a response to their 23-point inquiry by August 21.

“Any victims of Mr. Epstein’s actions will forever be denied proper recourse and the scintilla of recompense our justice system can provide in the face of such alleged atrocities; the competency and rigor of our criminal justice system has been marred by this apparent oversight,” they wrote.

Epstein, a billionaire political financier with ties to President Trump and even former President Bill Clinton, was found hanging in his jail cell Saturday where he was awaiting trial for charges related to allegedly running a sex trafficking ring with underage girls in the early 2000s.

Read the full letter below:

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  1. Jesus, everyone is an “acting” director…

  2. Avatar for marknc marknc says:

    I just read on Huffington Post that the prison guard was “a fill-in who had been pressed into service because of staffing shortfalls.”

  3. Just appropriate for an “Acting President” who couldn’t act presidential if his life depended on it

  4. Not to worry. The Attorney General is on it.

    And by ‘it’ I mean ‘the cover-ups’ of both Epstein’s death and any involvement Trump had in the activities for which he became infamous.

    Barr was ultimately in charge of his incarceration (DOJ controls federal BOP) and prosecution (having un-recused himself from the case), and now Barr controls the federal investigative materials (which he can choose whether and which to share with the attorneys representing Epstein’s victims in civil cases).

    I’m sure this will all be totally transparent and we can all have faith in the process and outcomes (and who has earned our faith and trust, if not Bill Barr).

  5. “Epstein, a billionaire political financier with ties to President Trump and even former President Bill Clinton, was found hanging in his jail cell Saturday where he was awaiting trial for charges related to allegedly running a sex trafficking ring with underage girls in the early 2000s.”
    He was found “hanging” in his jail cell? The early 2000s? Not after that at all? A lot of assumptions in this little piece.

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