BEN SASSE

BEN SASSE NEBRASKA United *tuts *cnate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 August 10, 2019 The Honorable William P. Barr Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC. 20530 Dear Attorney General Barr: cornorn.s. INTELLIGENCE JUDICIARY BANKING This morning, Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy American financier indicted on numerous charges for running an international child sex trafficking ring, was found dead by apparent suicide. Epstein was being held in federal Bureau of Prisons custody after a federal judge denied him bail. Disturbingly, his suicide occurred after an incident less than three weeks ago when he was found injured and semi-conscious in his cell from a possible suicide attempt. News reporting indicates that he was then placed on suicide watch but may have been taken off suicide watch before today's events. The Department of Justice failed, and today Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirators think they might have just gotten one last sweetheart deal. Every single pe