CAFE Insider 08/12: The Death of Jeffrey Epstein

In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “The Death of Jeffrey Epstein” is now available. Preet and Anne break down:

• The apparent suicide of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein
• Unlawful termination lawsuits filed by two former FBI officials, Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok
• ICE raids at Mississippi food processing plants that swept up hundreds of undocumented workers

REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

EPSTEIN’S DEATH

• Federal Bureau of Prisons Suicide Prevention Manual, bop.gov, 4/5/07
• Statement from Attorney General William P. Barr on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19
• Statement of Manhattan U.S. Attorney on the Death of Defendant Jeffrey Epstein, justice.gov, 8/10/19
• Statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Jeffrey Epstein’s death, Twitter, 8/10/19
• “Before Jail Suicide, Jeffrey Epstein Was Left Alone and Not Closely Monitored,” NYT, 8/11/19
• “‘We need answers. Lots of them.’ What’s known and what’s next after Jeffrey Epstein’s death,” Washington Post, 8/11/19
• “Unsealed documents show allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and his inner circle,” CNN, 8/11/19
• Some of the unsealed documents in a lawsuit brought by Epstein’s alleged victim, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, against Ghislaine Maxwell: here and here
• “A Horrifying Death in a Horrifying Jail,” Slate, 8/10/19

MCCABE & STRZOK LAWSUITS 

• 18 U.S. Code § 1001: Making false statements
• 18 U.S. Code § 1621: Perjury
• Andrew McCabe v. Attorney General William Barr et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 8, 2019
• Peter Strzok v. Attorney General William Barr et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on August 6, 2019
• A Report of Investigation of Certain Allegations Relating to Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, February 2018
• “Andrew McCabe and Peter Strzok are both suing the Justice Department,” Vox, 8/8/19

ICE RAIDS

• Statement by the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Mississippi, justice.gov, 8/8/19
• “White House tells ICE to conduct dozens more workplace enforcement operations, source says,” CNN, 8/9/19
• “Prosecutors pick their battles. I chose not to pursue an ICE raid in Alabama,” Joyce Vance, Washington Post, 8/9/19
• “Mississippi Immigration Raids Lead To Arrests Of Hundreds Of Workers,” NPR, 8/7/19
• “ICE agents raid Miss. work sites, arrest 680 people in largest single-state immigration enforcement action in U.S. history,” Washington Post, 8/7/19