Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl

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Source: Associated Press

Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
November 23, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered.

Not in 2019.

Conspiracy theories continued to flourish, even after prosecutors took pains to point out the ample evidence backing a medical examiner’s determination that Epstein hanged himself.

Video surveillance confirmed, they said in a news release and an indictment, that nobody had entered the area where Epstein was locked in his cell.

The locked door to the unit, they said, could only be opened remotely by an officer in the jail’s control center, plus there was a second locked door to which only correctional officers assigned to the high-security housing unit had the key. Epstein had no roommate, they said, and had died alone.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Occam's butter knife - Never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by stupidity.

Though lesser known than Occam's razor, and not as sharp, it still helps sort out fact from pulp fiction.