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First reaction: There should be hearings as to how this was allowed to happen to a key witness in an investigation involving a global sex-trafficking conspiracy.
Second reaction: A former federal prosecutor informs me about this secord-order effect in terms of legal procedure. 
Third question:
Were reports accurate that Epstein was on suicide watch, a status that typically would have put him under 24-hour watch and removed any objects that could be used for self-harm from his cell?
Were reports accurate that Epstein was on suicide watch, a status that typically would have put him under 24-hour watch and removed any objects that could be used for self-harm from his cell?
Follow-up on that:
Various reports state that Epstein had been removed from suicide watch.
If so, BOP guidelines require written justification for such a decision. bop.gov/policy/progsta…
Various reports state that Epstein had been removed from suicide watch.
If so, BOP guidelines require written justification for such a decision. bop.gov/policy/progsta…
One more open question from an ex-federal prosecutor as to what happens to forfeiture of Epstein’s Upper East Side mansion.
The ex-prosecutor cited the Enron case. Here’s what he told me.
I’ll follow up on this after the weekend.
nytimes.com/2006/07/06/bus…
The ex-prosecutor cited the Enron case. Here’s what he told me.
I’ll follow up on this after the weekend.
nytimes.com/2006/07/06/bus…
