NEW YORK - A judge on Thursday postponed for two months the trial for two jail guards charged with failing to make required checks on Jeffrey Epstein in the hours before his death. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres moved the date from April to June 22 after defence lawyers said they needed more time to prepare for trial. Epstein died while he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges that alleged he sexually abused teenage girls at his Manhattan mansion and Florida home. Montel Figgins, a lawyer for Thomas, told the judge he planned to argue that the indictment against the guards should be tossed because the government unjustly prosecuted the guards rather than superiors or others who may have committed crimes. “I think we’re going to be able to demonstrate that there are numerous other officers found to have not filled out papers properly.

Source: thestar January 30, 2020 23:48 UTC