Jail Guards ‘Misconduct’ Led to Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide, DOJ Watchdog Claims

Nova Noel and Michael Thomas were directly tasked with monitoring Epstein at the time of his death. The guards were said to have been online shopping and/or sleeping when they should have been conducting checks on Epstein’s cell every 30 minutes.

After Noel and Thomas admitted to falsifying record logs, both accepted plea deals and avoided becoming the inmates they were once assigned to guard.

Bureau of Prisons spokesperson Benjamin O’Cone confirmed that Noel and Thomas left the agency in April 2022.