Christmas for conspiracy theorists came early last year: On Aug. 10, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center—where the cameras weren’t working, the guards weren’t awake and the injuries to Epstein’s neck weren’t consistent with self-inflicted injury. Given the people who might have had an interest in Epstein disappearing, there would have been suspicions raised by any premature departure. But the actual circumstances—surrounding what was officially declared a...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 27, 2020 20:46 UTC