DOJ Charges MCC Guards with Falsifying Epstein Monitoring Records

The Department of Justice indicted Metropolitan Correctional Center guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas on charges of falsifying records and conspiracy, alleging they logged false entries claiming they conducted required 30-minute checks on Epstein the night of his death while they were actually sleeping. The charges were the first criminal accountability action from Epstein's death; no supervisory BOP personnel were charged. Attorney General Barr announced the FBI and DOJ Inspector General were conducting parallel investigations into institutional failures at MCC New York.