Congress seeks to depose prison guard on duty at death
In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo, Tova Noel, center in yellow blouse, a federal jail guard responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself, leaves federal court, in New York. Craig Ruttle | AP The House committee investigating disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein announced on Friday it is seeking testimony from a prison guard on duty the night the New York financier died. In a letter posted to the House Oversight Committee’s X account, Chair James Comer, R-Ky., called Tova Noel, who allegedly Googled Epstein minutes before his body was found, for a deposition on March 26. “Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation,” the letter to Noel states. Read more CNBC politics coverage Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on federal child sex trafficking charges and died by suicide weeks later in a federal jail in New York City. Noel was on duty that night and allegedly failed to …
