FBI PUBLIC AFFAIRS - DIRECTOR'S AM NEWS BRIEFING

FBI PUBLIC AFFAIRS - DIRECTOR'S AM NEWS BRIEFING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 5:00 AM EDT EFTA00161007 EFTA00161008 Epstein's Attorneys Say Evidence Is "Far More Consistent" With Murder Than Suicide. Newsweek (8/27, 1.53M) reports, -Federal prosecutors on Tuesday took one of their final steps in winding down the sprawling criminal case against Jeffrey E. Epstein, the Manhattan financier and alleged sex trafficker who died by apparent suicide earlier this month," but Epstein's defense attorneys "sought to prolong the case's remaining proceedings, asking U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman to use the court's 'inherent authority' to probe the death of their former client." The defense "also threw already rampant suspicion surrounding Epstein's untimely death into further uncertainty when they alleged that they have evidence suggestive of an incident 'far more consistent with assault' than suicide," and "they told the judge they could provide the court with this evidence to sup