Jeffrey Epstein guards won't get jail time, make deal with prosecutors

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The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have admitted they falsified records, but they will skirt any time behind bars under a deal with federal prosecutors, authorities said Friday.The prison workers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, were accused of sleeping and browsing the internet instead of monitoring Epstein the night he took his own life in August 2019.

They were charged with lying on prison records to make it seem as though they had made required checks on the financier before he was found in his cell. New York City’s medical examiner ruled Epstein’s death a suicide. As part of the deal with prosecutors, they will enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department and will serve no time behind bars, according to a letter from federal prosecutors that was filed in court papers Friday.

https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-3a0b465c080e1b0a53ce15315179d542

[RockRaven]

1. Do they know anything about malfunctioning cameras, or is that all going to be forgotten

and/or hand-waved away as mere unfortunate clerical errors and the like?

[hedda_foil]

3. That is the question.

[JT45242]

2. The cover up begins

I wonder which big donors with stuff to hide called the DA to put in a good word for these guys.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Cover Ups Is The One Thing America Does Well

We're a Fucked Up country, but we're really good at covering stuff up, and letting those in power get away with almost anything. It's how we roll.