Lawmakers, Pelosi’s Daughter Call for Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Death After Reported Suicide

Jeffrey Epstein looks on near his lawyer Martin Weinberg and Judge Richard Berman during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York on July 31, 2019. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

A number of people urged authorities to conduct an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s reported suicide after the news broke on Aug. 10, including Christine Pelosi, a Democratic official and daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

“There must be an independent investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein prison death,” Pelosi said in a statement, adding that Epstein had to have had assistance from someone if he truly committed suicide.