Official: Feds feared Epstein confidant might kill herself

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
Updated 2:40 pm CDT, Thursday, July 9, 2020

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal officials were so worried Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell might take her own life after her arrest that they took away her clothes and sheets and made her wear paper attire while in custody, an official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

The steps to ensure Maxwell’s safety while she’s locked up at a federal jail in New York City extend far beyond the measures federal officials took when they first arrested her in New Hampshire last week.

The Justice Department has implemented additional safety protocols, and federal officials, outside the Bureau of Prisons, have been specifically tasked with ensuring that there is adequate protection and that the prisons protocols are being followed, the official said. The protections are in case she harms herself and in case other inmates wish to harm her.

The concern comes in part because Epstein, 66, killed himself in a federal jail in Manhattan last summer while in custody on sex trafficking charges. The Bureau of Prisons has been the subject of intense scrutiny and conspiracy theories since then, with staff shakeups and leadership changes. Attorney General William Barr said his death was the result of the “perfect storm of screw ups.”



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[Iliyah]

1. Well that messed up treason barr . . .

Didn't he visit her recently?

[groundloop]

6. He tried to but her lawyer prevented it from happening

(that's the last I'd heard about it anyway).

[soothsayer]

8. I think that was all fake news (for real)

[Mike 03]

15. IMO you are correct. There is no corroboration for that story.

Two tweets from people with no credentials who, when asked repeatedly how they knew this, refused to reply.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. sure, cameras get broken, guards don't do their jobs and they kill themselves.

[Grokenstein]

3. A "perfect storm of screw-ups" indeed.

"Perfect. Perrrrrrfect. Excellennnnt," Barr says, tenting his fingers.

[Kid Berwyn]

11. If he were to, Epstein likely would've waited until AFTER being found guilty.

Guy with that kind of money can hire all the lawyers he needs. If they can’t keep him out of jail, he’ll hire the prosecutor to switch sides. If that doesn’t work, he’ll buy the jailers. Ask former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta.

[alwaysinasnit]

4. It sure sounds like they're setting up for another "suicide."

[BamaRefugee]

5. They want to do it themselves! No way they're letting her make them miss out on the fun.

[orleans]

7. quick! turn off the cameras & let the guards go on break! n/t

[soothsayer]

9. Nah, they'll just give her the rona

[lagomorph777]

10. So they ARE planning to suicide her.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. Congratulations and thanks for playing. You get a cookie...

Oh, Ya think? They'll do for her as they did for The D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey... And then her diary, notes, phone records, credit card receipts, ledgers, photo albums, computer disks, hard drives, DVDs and other recorded information will disappear during a mysterious small plane crash into the sea, which will coincidentally occur over the deepest trench running just off the US east coast.

[Judi Lynn]

19. So glad you retrieved that incredible memory. We forgot the D.C. Madam!

How could anyone forget? She had the names which would have vaporized so many politicians!

Suddenly assassinates herself! What a shock.

Thanks for helping to reactivate our memories.

[stopdiggin]

12. sounds pretty extreme. but with the egg still dripping

down your face ...
probably understandable.

(incidentally -- not proponent of the Epstein conspiracy theory. but -- it's out there in the public sphere, so. precautions.)

[Wednesdays]

13. Yeah, "suicide"

via a couple of bullets in the back of the head.

[Historic NY]

16. Keep Barr away

[Maeve]

17. The day she was arrested, someone posted here

"Sorry she committed suicide next week"

[Talitha]

23. I remember that - it was brilliant.

[Miguelito Loveless]

18. Ah, we're setting the narrative

so later when found dead, they'll say, "You know we were worried about that, and see how right we were."

[keithbvadu2]

20. Suicided! Past tense? No. Future tense.

Suicided! Past tense? No. Future tense.

[disndat]

21. I hope she is smart enough

to have learned from Epstein's "suicide."

[Bengus81]

22. They're "concerned" just like Susan Collins gets from time to time about Trump and his thugs...

That woman is DEAD MEAT before she rats out Trump and other Mar-a-logo perverts.

[WestLosAngelesGal]

24. She has no reason to kill herself

She can work a plea deal to give up the goods unless her attorney is corruptible.

[bringthePaine]

25. need a new measure for the "suicidage quotient" of "former friends" dotard barely knew...

[Mendocino]

26. Casablanca

Captain Renault "We haven't decided on whether he committed suicide or died while trying to escape"