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The two prison guards who skipped their rounds and falsified records the night that Jeffrey Epstein allegedly died by suicide will dodge jail time after agreeing to cooperate with a DOJ inspector general investigation, the latest examples in the Epstein saga seemingly let off the hook.
The announcement by the Southern District of New York follows a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation in May and a DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility investigation in November separately concluding they had uncovered no criminality in how investigators and prosecutors handled the case against the jet-setting financier and deceased sex offender, leading to renewed calls for accountability.
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The two jail guards who were supposed to be checking on Jeffrey Epstein on the night he died have now entered into a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to falsifying records about what they were doing at the time, according to the New York Post.
The two guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas admitted that they falsely filled out their time records that they were checking on Epstein every thirty minutes that night, when in fact they were sleeping or surfing the web, according to prosecutors.
The deal allows them to avoid jail time for their actions. Had they actually been doing their jobs, they might have interrupted what occurred. Instead, they will have to do community service and agree to cooperate in a continuing probe into Epstein’s death.
Origin
Some conspiracy theories refuse to die. In October 2020, ABQ RAW a self-described “guerrilla filmmaking” news organization posted a YouTube video claiming that they had visited Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and spotted a man there who they believed was Epstein.
Epstein was a financier and convicted sex offender, who died in August 2019 while awaiting trial in a New York jail.
The man is seen pulling up in a truck around 50 seconds into the video. The caption for the video says: “Jeffrey Epstein may have not killed himself and may be still be alive. We visited the Zorro Ranch recently and saw some interesting things. Take a look at the video and see if Jeffrey Epstein is in fact alive and well.”