From: To: Cc: Subject: morning media 1 1.20.19 Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 I 3:3 7:54 +0000 Importance: Normal Epstein Guards Charged With Falsifying Records. FYSA The AP (11/19, Balsamo) reports that Toval Noel and Michael Thomas, 'two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself, were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records to conceal they were sleeping and browsing the internet during the hours they were supposed to be keeping a close watch on prisoners: Noel and Thomas "were accused in a grand jury indictment of neglecting their duties by failing to check on Epstein for nearly eight hours, and of fabricating log entries to show they had been making checks every 30 minutes, as required. ... During one two-hour period, the indictment said, both appeared to have been asleep." The CBS Evening News (11119, story 5, 1:40, Lenghi, 4.64M) reported "the union representing the two officers...say that the charges sidestep the larger problem of chronic understaffing in federal prisons," while NBC NOM News (11119, story 4, 2:10, Hosk, 6.37M) showed Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, saying, "This incident was a black eye on the entire Bureau of Prisons." NBC added that in a Senate hearing yesterday, Sawyer also "said she couldn't comment on ongoing FBI and Inspector General investigations into Epstein's death." ABC World News Tonight (11/19, story 4, 2:00, Pilgrim, 7.39M) showed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asking Sawyer, To you concur with the opinion that it was a suicide?" Sawyer replied, That was the finding of the coroner, sir." Pressed on whether she has "any evidence to suggest otherwise,' Sawyer said, "I do not." The Hill (11/19, Johnson, 2.98M) reports that Sawyer bold the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that the FBI is investigating whether or not a 'criminal enterprise' played some role in Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in August." The Hill adds, "At the hearing, Sen. Lindsey G