WASHINGTON: A top US lawmaker joined the chorus of officials demanding answers from the Bureau of Prisons over the apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody.
The 66-year-old financier had been on suicide watch, but apparently the watch was lifted. According to the New York Times, several high-ranking prison officials, including the prison's chief psychologist, would have to approve lifting it. "Any co-conspirators should not rest easy," Barr, the top US law enforcement official, said at an event in New Orleans.
Nadler and other lawmakers asked for answers ranging from the prison's suicide-prevention policies to information on the guards on duty and whether video cameras were in use. In his remarks on Monday at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police's National Biennial Conference, Barr said the criminal case against Epstein was personally important to him and that his death denied his victims the chance to confront Epstein in a courtroom.
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