WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following news of Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide.

Senator Rick Scott said, “The victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s heinous actions deserved an opportunity for justice. Today, that opportunity was denied to them. The Federal Bureau of Prisons must provide answers on what systemic failures of the MCC Manhattan or criminal acts allowed this coward to deny justice to his victims.”

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