Newly released Department of Justice records have added a puzzling layer to the circumstances surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s passing in federal custody, which have long fueled questions about what happened inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.
Documents revealed that one of the correctional officers responsible for monitoring the predator searched for news about him online just minutes before his body was discovered.
The searches were highlighted in a 66-page forensic examination conducted by the FBI, which reviewed computer activity from the Bureau of Prisons’ systems inside the Special Housing Unit where Epstein was held.
