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Warden at New York Jail Where Financier Epstein Died Removed

   WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered the removal of
   the warden at the federal jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein was
   found dead in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex
   trafficking charges, the Justice Department said on Tuesday, after
   condemning "serious irregularities" at the facility.

   The staff shakeup at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in
   lower Manhattan announced by the department included temporarily
   reassigning the warden to another post within the federal Bureau of
   Prisons, appointing a temporary replacement and placing two corrections
   officers assigned to Epstein's unit on administrative leave pending the
   outcome of investigations.

   Epstein was found dead on Saturday morning, having apparently hanged
   himself in his cell.

   The department's announcement of the staff changes was made hours after
   President Donald Trump said he wanted a full investigation into the
   circumstances surrounding Epstein's death.

   "Additional actions may be taken as the circumstances warrant," Kerri
   Kupec, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said in a statement.

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