Former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes discusses details regarding Jeffrey Epstein's prison guards striking a plea deal
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Will two corrections officers
responsible for watching Jeffrey
Epstein, the night of his death
are set to avoid jail time.
It is part of a plea deal. The
guards have admitted to
falsifying records, saying they
will fully and knowingly lied
about. Checking on Epstein in is
cells.
Critics say the deal was
unacceptable.
They demand answers. Two years
after Epstein was found dead.
We have a former prosecutor,
France, seen Hague
tell us what is normal. What is
standard procedure
clearly these guards violated.
Does this deal normally happen
with two guards that dont do
their job?
Not necessarily
I find ironic the world is in
an uproar Jeffrey Epstein
before he died, got off on a
sweetheart deal a
non prosecution agreement in the
southern district of Florida. At
the? U DOT S attorneys office
there.
They would not prosecute so long
as he pled guilty to very small
misdemeanor charges in state
court.
Here you have guards who were
supposed to be watching him
going by his cell every thirty
minutes to check on him. They
are getting a deferred
prosecution agreement,
which means if they cooperate
with the government if it
becomes necessary,
if they do some community
service, they also wont be
prosecuted.
So I find the sort of book end
irony here to be pretty
surprising.
Will right.
That is the prism which I asked
you that question
everything about Jeffrey
Epsteins situation is abnormal,
so many people are watching at
home. Go did the question: did
Jeffrey Epstein kill himself?
That is the question everybody
wants the answer to.
If you have guards not doing
their jobs, falsifying records,
then getting a plea deal that is
abnormal. It leads us to more
suspicion and conspiracy s there
a opportunity to with the two
guards to dig deeper,
investigate further. Did it go
higher up the chain
it is? Will
there is one of the reasons why
there is that clause about
cooperation there in the
deferred prosecution agreement?
If the grand jury is active, if
there is an investigation going
on what people higher than the
guards might have done, for
example, were the cameras
working?
What did people say about the
cameras?
Did people tell the truth to the
investigators when they were
asking about when Epstein was
found exactly how he was found?
Did someone take photographs?
What are their conclusions about
the conduct of the prison itself
in the immediate aftermath of
Epsteins death?
All these things are important.
It is just bizarre it has taken
this long. We really still have
no idea what happened
will right.
You know. I think I put the wrong
prism on this question and this
entire segment.
It is not abnormal.
It is suspicious.
Everything is suspicious
when something is suspicious
when everything is suspicious,
it leads to more conspiracies,
maybe warranted in this case,
fancy thanks for helping us.
Transcript generated on 2021-08-09.