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Barr: ‘Serious irregularities’ at Epstein jail
    2019-08-14  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr pledged Monday to pursue any co-conspirators of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying there were “serious irregularities” at the jail where the disgraced financier died of an apparent suicide.

Barr’s comments came as FBI agents reportedly raided Epstein’s private Caribbean island, two days after the convicted pedophile was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial on federal charges he trafficked underage girls for sex.

Barr, who heads the government’s Justice Department and oversees federal prisons, said he was “appalled” and “frankly angry” to learn of the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center’s failure to adequately secure the jail.

“We are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation.

The FBI is investigating how Epstein, 66, was able to take his own life in a high-security facility just weeks after he was found unconscious with marks on his neck following an earlier reported suicide attempt.

Media reports said Epstein, who hobnobbed with numerous politicians and celebrities over the years, had been taken off suicide watch.

U.S. newspapers also reported that prison guards were working overtime due to major staff shortages at the jail and that Epstein had been left without a cellmate, which was against protocol.

Epstein’s death came a day after a court released documents in which one of his alleged victims said she was forced to have sex with well-known American political and business personalities.

Even though Epstein’s death ended his criminal prosecution, Barr said prosecutors would pursue cases against anyone else involved in his alleged crimes.

In testimony released Friday, alleged victim Virginia Giuffre said she was used as a “sex slave” by Epstein and farmed out to some of his high-profile associates.

Giuffre, now 36, has alleged she was forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, former U.S. Senator and architect of the Northern Irish peace deal George Mitchell, ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and American celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

They have all strenuously denied the allegations.

Epstein, whose friends also included Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, had been convicted in 2008 in a Florida state court of paying young girls for sexual massages at his Palm Beach mansion.

(SD-Agencies)

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