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‘Negligence, misconduct’ led to Epstein jail suicide: Watchdog

A new Department of Justice watchdog report details failings that allowed Jeffrey Epstein's suicide death [John Minchillo/The Associated Press]

A “combination of negligence and misconduct” allowed US financier Jeffrey Epstein to die by suicide in a federal jail as he awaited sex trafficking charges, according to a watchdog report.

The scathing report, released by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday, detailed a laundry list of institutional and individual failings that allowed Epstein to take his own life.

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