Epstein Dead – Suicide in Cell?

"Serious irregularities" found at MCC.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and ranking member Rep. Doug Collins submit 23 questions to Bureau of Prisons and asked for answers by August 21.

The special observation requirements were not met.

Epstein was being held without bail at the federal facility where he died.

Attorney General William Barr "appalled" and "frankly angry" at death of Epstein.

Barr blames Metropolitan Correctional Center for failure to secure Epstein.

Barr promises accountability at MCC.

Representatives said suicide shows "deficiencies in inmate protocol and has allowed the deceased to ultimately evade facing justice."

Barr upholds continued investigation of Epstein accomplices.

He was found dead on Saturday.

Jeffrey Epstein was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York.

He helped start a program at Harvard with a $6.5 million donation.

In 1998, Epstein took over Wexner’s Manhattan townhouse.

The two became close, and Epstein gained an unusual amount of control over Wexner’s finances.

"There’s a lot we’ll never know about Jeffrey Epstein."

Epstein’s trial was keenly anticipated because it would be a chance at justice for his accusers

Many wondered if during the investigation, they would find anything about them.

"Now we’ll never know what would have come out at trial, about Epstein or anyone else."

"We may never know how he made his money or how he managed to parlay his way from college dropout to teacher at a high-profile Manhattan high school to money manager to the rich and famous."

Jeffrey Epstein was a millionaire financier and accused sex trafficker.

He was not on suicide watch at the time of his death.

He was kept in federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.

In July, two sources told NBC News that Epstein was on suicide watch.

Epstein, who was being held on federal sex trafficking charges, was transported Saturday morning from the jail to a hospital in lower Manhattan.

Attorney General William Barr said he was "appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead" while in federal custody.

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said, "Stopping people from harming themselves is difficult," he said.

"People who face charges similar to Epstein's are often at a high risk of suicide."

Epstein was being held on charges of sex trafficking.

Some victims were as young as 14.

Epstein had been denied bail and faced up to 45 years behind bars on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges unsealed last month.

His arrest last month launched separate investigations into how authorities handled his case initially when similar charges were first brought against him in Florida more than a decade ago.

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that he had been housed in the jail’s Special Housing Unit, a heavily secured part of the facility that separates high-profile inmates from the general population.

Cameron Lindsay, a former warden who ran three federal lockups, said the death represents “an unfortunate and shocking failure, if proven to be a suicide.”

“Unequivocally, he should have been on active suicide watch and therefore under direct and constant supervision,” Lindsay said. “When you have an inmate as high profile as Epstein, it’s absolutely imperative the warden set the tone with his or her leadership to ensure these kinds of incidents don’t happen.”

Sigrid McCawley, Giuffre’s attorney, said Epstein’s suicide less than 24 hours after the documents were unsealed “is no coincidence.”

McCawley called on federal authorities to continue their investigation, focusing on Epstein associates who she said “participated and facilitated Epstein’s horrifying sex trafficking scheme.”

“The reckoning of accountability begun by the voices of brave and truthful victims should not end with Jeffrey Epstein’s cowardly and shameful suicide,” McCawley said in a statement. “The victims await the true justice they have sought and deserve.”