A slew of investigations are being opened or demanded into the apparent suicide of indicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lawmakers are also calling for a congressional investigation of the details surrounding his death.
Epstein, 66, was found unresponsive in his jail cell in the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which operates the lower Manhattan jail, in a statement. It declined to comment further.
