EFTA00138571

## draft statement

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<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>2019/08/12</th><th>18:55</th></tr></thead></table>

**Subject:** draft statement

Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822



: Please review the draft below and suggest any edits or comments.

Thanks,



Today, the Attorney General directed the Bureau of Prisons to temporarily assign the warden at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York to the Bureau’s Northeast Regional Office pending the outcome of the FBI and OIG investigations into the apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, a former MCC inmate. FCI Otisville Warden has been named Acting Warden of the MCC New York. The Bureau of Prisons also placed on administrative leave three MCC correctional personnel assigned to Mr. Epstein’s unit at the time of his apparent suicide pending the outcome of the investigations. Additional actions may be taken as the circumstances warrant.



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Today, the Attorney General directed the Bureau of Prisons to temporarily assign the warden at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York to the Bureau’s Northeast Regional Office pending the outcome of the FBI and OIG investigations into the apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, a former MCC inmate. FCI Otisville Warden has been named Acting Warden of the MCC New York. The Bureau of Prisons also placed on administrative leave three MCC correctional personnel assigned to Mr. Epstein’s unit at the time of his apparent suicide pending the outcome of the investigations. Additional actions may be taken as the circumstances warrant.



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