House Judiciary leaders are pressing for answers in Epstein death
The leaders of the House Judiciary Committee wrote to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Monday, pushing for answers in the weekend death of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was being held in a New York jail on sex trafficking charges.a list of nearly two dozen questions
to Hugh Hurwitz, the bureau’s acting director. They pressed for answers on the bureau’s suicide prevention program, conditions of the jail cell and Epstein’s confinement, and asked for the names of those who were charged with monitoring Epstein.
Epstein was found dead in his cell early Saturday. He had been placed on suicide watch on July 23 after an apparent attempt, but was taken off less than a week later for unknown reasons. In their letter, Nadler and Collins said on Monday said they agreed with Attorney General William Barr, who said over the weekend that he was “appalled” by Epstein’s death, which he said “raises serious questions that must be answered.”
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