By Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/mica-soellner
Attorney Alan Dershowitz is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death.
In an interview with Fox News's Tucker Carlson on Friday, Dershowitz said he believes it is possible Epstein, a billionaire convicted sex offender, paid off prison guards to let him commit suicide.
"I think he committed suicide," Dershowitz said. "But, I think he may have paid off guards to allow him to commit suicide. It seems to me very difficult that he would've been allowed with video cameras off, cellmate taken out of the cell. I wouldn’t put it beyond him to have paid guards to close their eyes. I don’t think he could bear the possibility of having to spend the rest of his life in jail."
Epstein, who was 66 and a wealthy financier, was arrested last July on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges for allegedly abusing girls as young as 14 years old. He was found dead in August while awaiting a trial at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, which is run by the federal Bureau of Prisons. His death was ruled a suicide by New York City's chief medical examiner.
Epstein's death came up this week during Attorney General William Barr's testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee when a top Democrat accused the Justice Department of allowing "poorly trained" prison guards to let Epstein slip away from under their watch.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alan-dershowitz-jeffrey-epstein-may-have-paid-off-prison-guards-to-let-him-commit-suicide