Ocasio-Cortez After Jeffrey Epstein Found Dead From Suicide in a Federal Prison: "We Need Answers. Lots of Them"
August 10, 2019
The late Jeffrey Epstein (Wikipedia)
BuzzFlash Update at 5 PM EST on August 10: Epstein was removed from a suicide watch on July 29 after attempting suicide on July 23. According to The New York Times, "The authorities did not immediately explain why he was taken off [the]suicide watch."
By Jon Queally
"I don't dabble much in conspiracy theories," said another observer in the wake of the news, "but..."
In the immediate wake of news from New York City officials Saturday morning that disgraced billionaire and high-profile political donor Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his Manhattan jail cell overnight, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez indicated it will be up to lawmakers and others to demand a full accounting of what happened to the man accused of operating a sophisticated sex trafficking ring that catered to the nation's rich and powerful.
"We need answers," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "Lots of them."
Shortly after her tweet, Ocasio-Cortez re-tweeted a comment by former prosecutor and CNN legal analyst Renato Mariotti—an indication of some of her concerns.
"Epstein's suicide," noted Mariotti, "ends the criminal case against him because no one else was charged in the indictment."
With many high-powered men—including President Donald Trump, former president Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, and Harvard attorney Alan Dershowitz—implicated or accused over the years of having ties to Epstein, attending his parties, or even participating in his alleged sex trafficking ring, news of his death immediately sparked conspiracy theories about his demise.
Questions surrounding both the manner of Epstein's death and the looming questions about the reach of his alleged sex trafficking operation immediately swirled as the news of the apparent suicide broke.
Even those wary of conspiracy theories, however, couldn't help but note the troubling implications of Epstein's death—especially given reports of a previous suicide attempt and that he had been placed on suicide watch at the jail.
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