Attorney General William Barr said he initially had his own suspicions about financier Jeffrey Epstein’s death while behind bars at one of the most secure jails in America but came to conclude that his suicide was the result of “a perfect storm of screw-ups.”
In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said his concerns were prompted by the numerous irregularities at the Manhattan jail where Epstein was being held. But he said after the FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general continued to investigate, he realized there were a “series” of mistakes made that gave Epstein the chance to take his own life.
“I can understand people who immediately, whose minds went to sort of the worst-case scenario because it was a perfect storm of screw-ups,” Barr told the AP as he flew to Montana for an event.
Barr’s comments come days after two correctional officers who were responsible for guarding the wealthy financier when he died were charged with falsifying prison records. Officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas are accused of sleeping and browsing the internet — shopping for furniture and motorcycles — instead of watching Epstein, who was supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes.
Epstein took his own life in August while awaiting trial on charges he sexually abused girls as young as 14 and young women in New York and Florida in the early 2000s.
His death cast a spotlight on the federal Bureau of Prisons, which has been plagued by chronic staffing shortages and outbreaks of violence. The indictment unsealed this week against the officers shows a damning glimpse of safety lapses inside a high-security unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York.
But the indictment also provided new details that reinforce the idea that, for all the intrigue regarding Epstein and his connections to powerful people, his death was a suicide — as the city’s medical examiner concluded — and possibly preventable.
A lawyer for Thomas, Montell Figgins, said both guards are being “scapegoated.”
The attorney general also sought to dampen conspiracy theories by people who have questioned whether Epstein really took his own life, saying the evidence proves Epstein killed himself. He added that he personally reviewed security footage that confirmed that no one entered the area where Epstein was housed on the night he died.
Epstein was placed on suicide watch after he was found July 23 on his cell floor with bruises on his neck but was taken off the heightened watch about a week before his death, meaning he was less closely monitored but still supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes. He was required to have a cellmate, but he was left with none after his cellmate was transferred out of the MCC on Aug. 9, the day before his death, the indictment said.
Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell when the guards went to deliver breakfast. One of the guards told a supervisor then that they hadn’t done their 3 a.m. or 5 a.m. rounds, according to the indictment.
The Justice Department is still investigating the circumstances that led to Epstein’s death, including why he wasn’t given a cellmate.
“I think it was important to have a roommate in there with him and we’re looking into why that wasn’t done, and I think every indication is that was a screw-up,” Barr said. “The systems to assure that was done were not followed.”
Epstein’s death ended the possibility of a trial that would have involved prominent figuresand sparked widespread anger that he wouldn’t have to answer for the allegations.
Even with his death, federal prosecutors in New York have continued to investigate the allegations against Epstein. Barr, who has vowed to aggressively investigate and bring charges against anyone who may have helped Epstein, said investigators were making good progress in the case.
“They are definitely pushing things along,” Barr said. “I’ll just say there is good progress being made, and I’m hopeful in a relatively short time there will be tangible results.”
Credit: NY Post
Yeah ok. Mr. Barr needs his head examined if he really believes that. Epstein was killed.
Jason Allentoff ????
Jason Allentoff he’s just trying to stay off their hit list!
Sue Cafiero-Skow Bingo!
Yeah ok
Bruh
Yup, so did JFK.
Aj Benjamin ????
Lol just as believable
Yeah the AG was on his list of sick fuckers that’s why ????????
^didn’t
George Schiano
Yes ok
Bullshit
Don’t believe it there covering up for Hilary he is not a medical doctor he’s a politician fuck that he was murdered #jailHilary
Mike Sperber medical professionals examined the body, doofus, and rendered their medical decision. Epstein was left alone, unchecked by two guards, for EIGHT HOURS. He committed suicide.
Kathy Augeri Frisch negative another medical professional came in and determined he had defensive marks all over him….get your facts strait libtard hahhahahaha
Mike Sperber not a libtard as*hole. Get your facts straight.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-conspiracy-theories-death-clinton-trump-2019-8
Fox isn’t the only place to research stuff, nor are the conspiracy theory sites.
Kathy Augeri Frisch hahahaha this is a fake news sight. There have been many reports of misconduct in the case seriously you libtards will try anything to justify the dems abuse on the people of this country!!!!!
Mike Sperber
“So, how likely are fractures of the hyoid and thyroid in cases of hangings?
A retrospective study of 175 cases of suicidal hangings over a five-year period found that fractures of the hyoid bone and associated cartilages — the injuries the medical examiner found in Jeffrey Epstein’s throat — were detected in 68% of cases, and that the proportion of fractures increased with the age of the deceased. A prospective study of 40 cases of suicidal hangings over a three-year period found fractures of neck structures in 19 cases (47.5%), more commonly in the study’s older men. Six of those decedents (15%) had fractures of both the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage. In the most recently published series, fractures of the neck skeleton were present in 72.5% of suicidal hangings. The data revealed in the peer-reviewed scientific literature does not support Baden’s statement that “hanging does not cause these broken bones, and homicide does.”
https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/working-stiff/83087
Kathy Augeri Frisch it’s easy to pick someone up. Put some rope around them. And the. Drop them from I high elevation dumbass hahahahahahahaha seriously use your brain.
Mike Sperber FALSE again. It’s rated highly factual by media fact check:
“Overall, we rate Business Insider Left-Center Biased based on story selection that leans left and High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a reasonable fact check record.”
Kathy Augeri Frisch nothing about left stories are factually that right there is fake….you looking at a left sided site…..deamed to be true by in your words “overall” left sided. Hello there brain washing you. Time to get in the dryer and see what’s actually going on in our country. This is what’s wrong with you Libtards….I bet you want socializim to don’t you…..ha
Your “triggered” memes are unimpressive, as is your propensity to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, as well as your childish attempt at insults.
Stay in your bubble if you choose, the rest of us seek truth.
Kathy Augeri Frisch obviously your not dealing truth hahahaha otherwise the people would have thrown Hillary and Obama into prison for treason hahahahahahahaha truth that’s funny seriously thanks for the good laugh today hahahahaha
You do realize who Barr works for…
Mike’s main pic is him in a church, yet he’s acting like this
Thy was for my sons baptism I don’t have time for church I don’t get weekends off
Ummm if you kill someone then rope them up and drop them down to make it look like suicide they would break those same bones
BULLSHIT , He is guilty of diddling kids too if he things that .
The conspiracy theorists who believe pizza-gate aren’t going to like this report.
BS
Why is this still news? We will never know the truth.
Priscilla Mason we already know the truth
Killery
I still don’t believe it
Coward
yeah sure
Is this like that magic bullet theory!?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/13/jeffrey-epstein-conspiracy-he-is-still-alive/
The only thing we all want to know is who’s in the book
John De Salvo Jr. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1508273-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book-redacted.html
Yeah, alright whatever ya say.
I would kill myself too if I was close friends with Donald Trump.
Paul Ohlott was close friends with the Clinton’s
Seems he had was also a big Bill Clinton Buddy too, You forgot to mention that.
Yes it’s all Trumps fault????????????
No killary did
Bullshit
Sounds like the attorney general was afraid of getting suicided himself
I don’t see where he is confirming or denying what actually happened The long arm of the Clinton Machine is far-reaching Hillary did not want this going to trial..
Just like everything else the BIG Government has their corrupt paws on, it turns to crap.. No way do I ever want for them to control Medicare for All !! I want to be in control of my own destiny, not a bureaucratic nightmare manned by incompetent government employees.. “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you”, LOL
Of course it was, now the investigators can live a happy life.
Oh yea, right.
If this is the final word, that means 10,000 perfectly good memes just went down the toilet????
And I have a great deal on a bridge for sale
Bullshit did that dude kill himself. Y’all are fucking clowns if you think homie in a federal mfing prison on watch killed himself. Where’s the body?
And another cover up ????????
Well played ????
If you believe this, then I have beach front property for sale in Arizona.
Yea ok
Just like Vegas was a single gunman
Bull no one believes that
Ya right!!!!!! Bet that guy got paid like our boy Billy in the prosecutors office to say that a child baking in a car was just a misunderstanding and won’t prosecute the parents. Yet willing to throw the book at a woman for leaving 3 dogs to die that probably would of been put down if she brought them to the pound. Ya I said it that guy got paid to look the other way on a babies death.
????
He took the coward’s way out
????????
So it has zero to do with Barr’s daddy giving Epstein his start? ????
Jason Werking source?
Jon Michalak https://time.com/5650974/william-barr-jeffrey-epstein/
Following
Yeah ok and I’m far left ( not)
Bullshit
Lmao he knew if he exposed the truth he’d commit suicide thru a perfect storm of “screwups” too
Yeah premeditated screwup’s he already tried to commit suicide once before why was he allowed off suicide watch ?
Yeah bc he is as honest as Hillary!
Wonder how much his off shore balances increased…
“Killed himself” wink wink ..
Bullshit
C’mon… can we finally acknowledge that this was the work of Prince Charles and the secret Royal Death Squad, the same ones that took out Diana.
So apparently Barr hasn’t seen any of the memes negating this…LoL
Which one of the Clinton’s is the United States attorney general ?
Sure he did……
Soooooo many lies
A perfect storm of screw ups??
Any statisticians on here willing to calculate what the odds of all of these things happening to a man who has dirt on the Clintons, multiple other high profile politicians and a member of the royal family? I’m thinking the odds are along the lines of the US Debt to 1.