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(38,905 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2019, 09:43 AM Nov 2019

BREAKING Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Two Jail Workers Arrested [View all]

Source: New York Times

Two federal workers who were on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail were taken into custody early Tuesday on federal charges related to their alleged failure to check on him, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The two federal Bureau of Prisons employees were expected to be charged later in the morning and appear in United States District Court in Manhattan.

The charges would be the first to arise from a criminal inquiry into the death of Mr. Epstein, who hanged himself at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.

The workers came under scrutiny shortly after Mr. Epstein’s death, because they were responsible for monitoring the high-security unit where Mr. Epstein, the disgraced financier who had previously been convicted of sex crimes, was being held.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/nyregion/epstein-prison-guards-arrested.html

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BREAKING Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Two Jail Workers Arrested [View all] catbyte Nov 2019 OP

let us hope they do some talking rurallib Nov 2019 #1

Just a helpful note jberryhill Nov 2019 #4

that's the best advice Metatron Nov 2019 #7

Four simple things PJMcK Nov 2019 #8

4. Assert the Fifth. AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #36

also this ,,, AllaN01Bear Nov 2019 #38

That is the best advice. bitterross Nov 2019 #14

I have memorized a 5 word mantra for that moment Arthur_Frain Nov 2019 #18

well -- talking can be incredibly valuable, it's just when you talk and under what conditions unblock Nov 2019 #40

they were apparently offered immunity to testify... getagrip_already Nov 2019 #27

"barr has a bigger stick than the prison legal system" jberryhill Nov 2019 #41

it is my understanding that... getagrip_already Nov 2019 #45

Your understanding is incorrect jberryhill Nov 2019 #47

I knew this case was going to blow up eventually. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #46

What about the cameras? Iliyah Nov 2019 #2

Yes and yes empedocles Nov 2019 #3

And both cameras went "bad" after Barr visited the Federal facility where Epstein was bing held ... Botany Nov 2019 #9

Barr's known Epstein for decades. mpcamb Nov 2019 #17

Aw geez, I didn't know the camera fail was linked to Barr whathehell Nov 2019 #31

I can't show a causal link between Barr's visit and Epstein's death and the video cameras ... Botany Nov 2019 #33

Does the timeline indicate that the cameras 'just happened' to whathehell Nov 2019 #34

Barr was there about a week before Epstein's death. Botany Nov 2019 #35

So what? jberryhill Nov 2019 #48

"How do you explain that nobody showed up on the camera fixed at the entrance itself?" Botany Nov 2019 #50

This isn't a Terminator movie jberryhill Nov 2019 #51

It might as well be because we are way down the Rabbit Hole w/the Trump Presidency & Epstein's Botany Nov 2019 #52

Did you catch any of what the 23 victims who testified had to say? jberryhill Nov 2019 #54

Yes and I live in Columbus Ohio the home to one of Jeff's "friends," Les Wexner. Botany Nov 2019 #55

I sense that you are correct.... FarPoint Nov 2019 #29

Let's hope these two roll MontanaMama Nov 2019 #5

Those poor schmucks are the fall guys for the killing of Epstein. They are going... brush Nov 2019 #6

Do not pass go Traildogbob Nov 2019 #12

Exactly! nt Raine Nov 2019 #57

They should name the wealthy assholes who paid them off IronLionZion Nov 2019 #10

They probably didn't get paid off or know anything Merlot Nov 2019 #15

Name the higher ups IronLionZion Nov 2019 #20

The warden that removed him from suicide watch is a prime suspect Ponietz Nov 2019 #24

How do you explain this? jberryhill Nov 2019 #49

Then why prosecute them at all? jberryhill Nov 2019 #28

What do you call an animal that is ritually burdened with the sins of others, and then driven away? pecosbob Nov 2019 #11

"Nice families you've got there, hope nothing happens to them." Talitha Nov 2019 #13

Yep. They are the fall guys. brush Nov 2019 #16

What would the charges likely be here? KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #19

Falsifying records jberryhill Nov 2019 #22

News flash James48 Nov 2019 #21

I'm sure they were paid well... stillcool Nov 2019 #23

They weren't paid or told anything. AtheistCrusader Nov 2019 #37

I hope they were paid and not threatened (or their families threatened). If they were paid Neema Nov 2019 #25

likely both Locrian Nov 2019 #39

And what would you, personally, do in those circumstances? jberryhill Nov 2019 #44

it's a moral paradox / consequentialism Locrian Nov 2019 #56

Well, both is still a threat. Maybe one could argue they should refuse the money, but how many of us Neema Nov 2019 #58

The 'process' grinds on empedocles Nov 2019 #26

Better check their bank accounts. Kablooie Nov 2019 #30

interesting timing Apollo Zeus Nov 2019 #32

a criminal charge? treestar Nov 2019 #42

Falsifying the watch log jberryhill Nov 2019 #43

I see treestar Nov 2019 #60

I don't think they will ever find out what happened. He was murdered. LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #53

Does anyone else not think he's dead? Baltimike Nov 2019 #59

Just make sure it's a jury trial. Corgigal Nov 2019 #61

Epstein held the dirt on Trump and possibly Barr. We already know Trump's reputation. YOHABLO Nov 2019 #62