deputy chief of cyrus sex crimes unit requested a manhattan judge in january 2011 to change epstein s status in the offender registry for the most dangerous to the least restrictive level one. according to the post manhattan supreme court justice ruth said i ve never seen the prosecutor s office to anything like this. after many cases much less troubling than this one where prosecutors never make a downward argument like this. when asked by the judge as to why she was asking for the classification downgrade, the deputy disclosed she never actually wrote to the florida u.s. attorney who dealt with the investigation into epstein, the judge said i don t think you did much of an investigation here. i am shocked. they can t do enough investigating of donald trump.
sexcrime unit, requested of a manhattan judge to change epstein stat us in new york sex register, to change his level from most dangerous level 3 to level 1. from vance s office. when asked about the judge to why she was asking for the classification downgrade, gaffney disclosed she never spoke to florida u.s. attorney who dealt with the investigation into epstein. judge said, i don t think you did much of an investigation, i am shocked. this is vance s office who can t
sexcrime unit, requested of a manhattan judge to change epstein stat us in new york sex register, to change his level from most dangerous level 3 to level 1. from vance s office. when asked about the judge to why she was asking for the classification downgrade, gaffney disclosed she never spoke to florida u.s. attorney who dealt with the investigation into epstein. judge said, i don t think you did much of an investigation, i am shocked. this is vance s office who can t
activated. epstein was alone in his cell and not responsive with a noose around his neck. today in washington, the director of the bureau of prisons faced questions about the investigation into epstein s death in one of her facilities. there s got to be either a major malfunction of the system or a criminal enterprise at foot to allow this to happen. so are you looking at both? is the f.b.i. looking at both? if the f.b.i. is involved then they are looking at criminal enterprise, yes. reporter: the union representing the two officers who both pleaded not guilty today say that the charges sidestep the larger problem of chronic understaffing in federal prisons. norah. o donnell: all right, mola, thank you. new tonight, days after president trump overturned a navy seal s sentence for a war crime, the military is ordering that man to go before a review board that could kick him out of the elite unit. tonight his lawyer tells david martin it is an act of defiance against the presiden
individuals. that all starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 central. tonight there are major developments into the investigation of the death of jeffrey epstein in prison. two correction officers are now facing charges, and mola lenghi reports on what we learned today about epstein s final hours before his suicide. reporter: federal investigators say tova noel and michael thomas failed to perform mandatory checks on convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, even though his cell was just 15 feet away. instead, prosecutors alleged, the two officers sat at their desk, browsed the internet, and moved around the common area of the facility for eight hours, then falsified documents saying they actually conducted the required half-hour checks. it is rare to see guards in the bureau of prisons be held accountable in a criminal court for felonies. this is a big deal. reporter: epstein, arrested on july 6, was being held at m.c.c. while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. accordin