Investigators Shredded Piles Of Epstein Docs After His Death, Prison Guard Told FBI: REPORT

Investigators reportedly shredded and disposed of bags of documents from the prison where Jeffrey Epstein died in the days after his demise, according to records.

An Epstein files analysis showed an inmate and Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) staff alleged to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that an unusual amount of documents were destroyed during a probe into Epstein’s death by a Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) After Action Team, mere days after Epstein’s Aug. 10, 2019, death, according to the Miami Herald. (RELATED: Daily Caller Investigation Ends Proposed Muslim Community In America, US Rep Confirms)

An Aug. 16 tip from an MCC correctional officer to the FBI said that he had “never seen this amount of bags of shredded documents coming out to be put in the dumpster at the rear gate of MCC.”

The officer alleged that in only a week since the death of Epstein the BOP After Action Team had shredded “huge amounts of paperwork” and had used guards to throw around four or five bags of shredded documents into the prison’s dumpster.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 19: The Metropolitan Correctional Center, which is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, stands in lower Manhattan on November 19, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Another corrections officer alleged he was concerned upon observing an inmate carrying “bales” of shredded paper in a memo to investigators on Aug. 19, according to the Herald. “I believe that this conduct may be inappropriate for [an] investigative team to be shredding paperwork related to the investigation and you may want to investigate why BOP employees are destroying records,” he wrote.

“Can we take a look at the dumpster ASAP to see if the paper is still there? Possible they didn’t dump it yet,” one federal agent responded, according to the memo. The trash had allegedly been collected that morning.

The inmate who was allegedly used to dispose of the records was interviewed by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Aug. 20, according to records reviewed by the outlet. He claimed he had “[n]o idea what if anything was shredded, just did usual trash bin runs,” a transcript read.

The OIG reportedly interviewed the corrections officer who sent in the memo eight days after the inmate. The officer confessed to sending the email and explained what he heard and observed, according to records. He alleged the inmate approached the rear gate at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 with around three bags containing shredded paper. He claimed the inmate said “they are shredding everything back there.

The officer said the inmate referred to one of those involved as a white man with a Southern accent and claimed he wasn’t aware of anyone who fit the description, which led him to think it was a BOP After Action Team member, according to documents reviewed by the outlet.

An Aug. 29 memo ending the FBI’s investigation into the disposal of all records connected to Epstein alleged that the corrections officer responsible for the memo was known for filing unfounded complaints and that there was “no evidence to support the complaint,” the Herald reported.

However, during the investigation, the FBI determined that all of MCC’s prior institutional count slips were apparently “missing,” according to documents reviewed by the outlet.

Two correctional officers on duty the night of Epstein’s death also allegedly told the OIG that they had known nothing about Epstein’s missing MCC file. (RELATED: Venezuelan Migrant Arrested After Fatal Shooting Of Teen In Chicago)

The BOP produced an “After Action Review” on Epstein’s death in which the redacted members of the team reviewed “written documentation, electronic databases and limited staff conversations” before determining the death a suicide, the Herald reported, citing documents.

The outlet was unable to contact the inmate. The correctional officer interviewed by OIG declined to comment, according to the outlet.

The Daily Caller reached out to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the FBI New York Field Office for comment.