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Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death
Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced he had removed the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons one week after the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who previously occupied the role between 1992 and 2003, will take over as the new director.
The outgoing acting director, Hugh Hurwitz, will return to his previous role as an assistant director for the bureau’s reentry program, Barr said.
The death of Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking, has led to scrutiny of the Metropolitan Correctional Center where he was in custody.
Epstein’s death last weekend led to an outpouring of unfounded conspiracy theories — including from President Trump — related to the alleged sex trafficker’s connections to numerous wealthy and powerful figures.
Barr last week ordered the warden at the Metropolitan Correctional Center to be temporarily reassigned pending the federal investigations into Epstein’s death.
