Misconduct and errors allowed Jeffrey Epstein to commit suicide, DOJ finds

A cascade of misconduct, negligence and errors by employees the federal Bureau of Prisons created the conditions that allowed accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to hang himself in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019, according to a new report by the Department of Justice Inspector General that finds no evidence to contradict the official conclusion that Epstein was not murdered. The 120-page report found some level of misconduct by 13 Bureau of Prisons employees, including two who were charged criminally and four others whose criminal referrals were declined by federal...