Unsealed in a new york federal court. They con ttain disturbing new details committed by epstein and several of his associates, names were named including prominent u. S. Politicians and a british prince. They all call the claims untrue. Bill barr says hes appalled to learn that epstein had died by suicide. He said it raises serious questions that must be answered. Cnn crime and justice correspondent Shimon Prokupecz is following all of this for us. Shimon, what are authorities saying this hour . Reporter well, certainly theyre mystified, i can tell you that much. Authorities in new york who have been investigating him for quite some time now just dont understand how Something Like this could happen and thats why were seeing this response from the attorney general and the department of justice launching this investigation because Something Like this in a facility like the one he was housed in Lower Manhattan at the mcc district simply should not have happened, and what we know, as you said, an a wa, was that was on suicide watch after the 23rd incident and we dont know what happened there because the bureau of prisons hasnt released that information. It was after that he was placed on suicide watch and a week or so after that, at the end of the month and prison officials and psychologists who had been assessing him on a daily basis and they were interviewing him and talking to him on a daily basis and then after that for whatever reason, they decided to take him off suicide watch and then they placed him back in his jail cell where he was found just about 6 30 this morning. He was unconscious and we are told that an ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital and that is ultimately where he died and obviously all sort of investigations now under way. You have the fbi. You have the department of justice Inspector General was going to look at were there any failures at the jail . What happened . What were the guards doing . Questions like that that now must be answered and then you have the Southern District of new york which has been investigating Jeffrey Epstein. Keep in mind, this is a conspiracy case, so there was still a lot more to come. Their investigation was in no way complete and now theyre saying this is going to keep going. This doesnt end. This investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, bo that conduct is going to continue, and obviously now all sorts of new investigations into what happened here with Jeffrey Epstein. Now the attorney general and the Inspector General of the doj is opening up his investigation separate from the fbis, obviously it would be separate from whatever congressional investigation may come as youre talking about all these new calls for answers. What more do we know about how this will unfold . Right. So what will happen is the Inspector General is the internal watchdog and what theyll do is theyll go to the jail. Theyll start interviewing guards. Theyll start interviewing the warden. Theyll interview probable the psychologist who made the ultimate decision. There is an epic failure here. This jail, think about it, el chapo was being housed there. They thought prison officials thought it was safe enough to bring el chapo and keep him there and other highprofile inmates and defendants have been housed there, bernie madoff, Paul Manafort was there recently. There had been a whole host of people who are high profile and when you are high profile such as the case with Jeffrey Epstein or was with Jeffrey Epstein, theres supposed to be special attention paid on these inmates, not only to prevent them from being harmed by someone, but also to make sure theyre safe, right . They need to be safe. Thats why in some cases theyre segregated and theyre not kept in the general population and thats what happened with Jeffrey Epstein. So the Inspector General will come in and find out is there something going on at this jail . Did they do something wrong and theyre going to interview the staff, people they may interview other inmates and he did have a cellmate at some point and its not clear if in this incident he had a cellmate that was there with him. It doesnt appear. It appears he was alone right now and there may be video. Weve heard from people who are familiar with that area of the jail and they say there should be video so theyll be able to review the video and the big question is when exactly did this happen . Did it happen overnight . Did it happen early this morning because there are indications that he may have already been found in a state where the medical team and the medical staff at the jail could not revive him so when did this happen . When was the last time jail guards checked on him . How was he when they checked on him last . So all of that this is a significant, obvious investigation now for the jail and really just when you think about who Jeffrey Epstein was and the type of investigation and the Southern District of new york was conducting and the people involved in that, this just should not happen and thats what the Inspector General will look at now. Shimon prokupecz, really quick, do we have any kind of response, statement from the Metropolitan Correctional Center where he was being held . They refer us to the bureau of prisons. The bureau of prisons oversees the jail. They have put out information saying, confirming the incident and the time that this happened, but outside of that they have not answered any questions. They havent even answered questions about suicide watch. When was he on suicide watch . When was he taken off . Obviously, weve had to talk to sources to get this kind of information and so well see. Theyre going to have to answer a lot of questions at some point and theyll probably be deferring us to the department of justice and saying there is an investigation now so we cant answer these questions and nonetheless, would be the right thing for us is to get answers sooner rather than later. Shimon prokupecz, thank you. We know you are continuing to work your sources. He was accused of new federal sex trafficking charges involving dozens of girls. There are a lot of questions swirling this hour about how epsteins death happened inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center here in new york. Again, epstein was found unresponsive in a housing unit that separated him from the general inmate population. Lets talk it over with 2020 candidate senator Kirsten Gillibrand of new york. Thank you, first of all, for being here. How could this happen with one of the highest profile inmates in the country . Sorry. Say it again. Im sorry. Senator gillibrand, i think the biggest question on everybodys mind let me let you fix your earpiece there. Can you hear me now okay . I can. Sorry about that. No. Thats okay. We know how this goes. Again, because youre from new york, the big question a lot of people have on their mind right now regarding the apparent suicide of Jeffrey Epstein is how could this happen with one of the highest profile inmates in the country . I really dont know because the mcc is known to be one of the most high security prisons. Its where you put terrorists before a terror trial, and so for this to happen raises very significant concerns in my mind. So i do think there needs to be a full investigation about how it happened. I would have preferred him to have gone through our Justice System where those victims from child trafficking to pedophilia to sexual assault, i feel that its such a shame because Justice System should have worked and those survivors should have had a chance at justice. Your 2020 rival Amy Klobuchar sits on the Senate Judiciary committee and she said she supports an investigation into Jeffrey Epsteins death and shes calling for a hearing. Should the senate investigate . Yeah, they should and so should the department of justice. What questions would you ask . How did this happen . Why was he taken off of suicide watch if he was on suicide watch. Hes already attempted suicide once. Whether there was a decision made by someone qualified to say he didnt need to be on suicide watch and then what type of protections were put in place . What was in his sale cell to al him to commit suicide . I would ask all those questions. Today youre in iowa and youve spoken out on gun safety in the wake of two Mass Shootings that rattled the nation one week ago and you currently have an f rating from the nra, but that wasnt always the case. You once had an a rating. In 2008 you helped dick cheney overturn the handgun ban that went to the Supreme Court and it emerged victorious. So let me does you, senator, why should americas voters trust you now when it comes to gun control issues. Because ive been leading on common sense gun reform for ten years. I wrote the bill, the antigun trafficking bill that earned 58 votes just two shy of the 60 votes needed to pass. My common sense gun reform got more votes than anybody elses. I know how to Bring Congress together to get stuff done. As president , i will pass universal background checks. I will find and pass a federal antitrust antitrafficking law and i will ban the militarystyle weapons and assault rifles as well as the large magazines because the truth is we need common sense gun reform. Im a mother and for my son when they had a shooting just a mile from his school he had to shelter in place, and its every mothers fear. Its back to school time. Why should our children be learning shelter in place drills as opposed to math drills . Its absurd, and we need a president who actually cares. We need a president who will stand up to the nra and have that proud f rating for a decade. Thats what we need. We need somebody who knows whats at the root of corruption and greed in washington which is the money and washington. Why wait until you potentially are president . I mean, youre in the senate right now. You talk about youre able to bring people together to pass bipartisan legislation. Why cant you do it as a senator . Well, right now Mitch Mcconnell is in charge and he doesnt have the courage to stand up to the nra. We are begging him to bring us back into session so we can at least vote on the bill that already passed the house, a universal background checks bill. I believe if i voted on my antigovernment bill, thats two out of three common sense reforms and i think the nation is ready to have congress ban assault weapons and its been banned before. It actually works and for the president to say this is a Mental Health issue just shows hes insincere and every country in the world has Mental Health issues and only our country has such readily accessible guns particularly weapons of war and make no mistake of whats happening today. We have people fueled by hate, racism, division who are shooting and hunting down other people with weapons of war. That has to stop. If Mitch Mcconnell would bring us back to the senate we would do something about it and as president i would definitely do something about it, and i would also make sure that my department of justice begins to investigate White Supremacy as the domestic terrorists that they are. Whit supremacists are literally planning mass attacks around this country and being emboldened by one another and posting their words and deeds on internet channels like 8chan. This has to stop and we need to shut down these channels that become a breeding ground for hatefilled groups and help hatefilled crimes and we need to make sure that we investigate these groups for the domestic terrorism theyre actually committing. You talk a lot about being a mother on the campaign trail, so i want to end on a lighter note. You and your 11yearold son henry shared a nice moment while campaigning this week. Lets take a look at that. What is the responsibility of the director of fun on the rv tour . It is to make sure everyones positive, everyones happy. Everyones having fun and its to just make everything nicer for everyone. I made this shirt myself. I designed it myself. Say bye. [ laughter ] fun on the front, business on the back. You have to cherish those moment, i bet. Yeah. 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He agreed to be under house arrest in his new york city mansion, but the judge declined that offer after prosecutors said theyd found a safe in epsteins home filled with cash, dozens of loose diamonds and a fake passport. Cnn legal analyst reeva martin joins us now along with spencer cuvin. You represented his accusers in the 2008 case. This is an epic failure on the part of bureau of prisons and it is unbelievable that this was allowed to occur on their watch. It has stolen the amount of justice that my clients really wanted to see happen in a court of law at the end of the day. So ultimately, were hoping that there will be a full investigation into what occurred, and how it happened and how it was allowed to occur. Also my clients want to see further investigations continue as to all of the other coconspirators that were involved in these actions. There were a number of people in his circle that were allowing this to happen and consciously looking the other way as well as intentionally getting other women involved in this entire torrid affair. So youve been able to speak to some of your clients who accused epstein after this news broke . I did. I spoke with one of them this morning. She was definitely shocked. There is a certain amount of closure when Something Like this occurs and she is certainly thankful that a pedophile like this can never do this to another victim again, but it is it does rob them of some amount of justice in being able to speak their voice in a court of law to allow others to hear what he did and all of the victims to be able to come forward and speak to a court of law. Ariefa, weve learned a cording to a source that epstein was taken off suicide watch in late july and the question is why especially given the document dump where new, lurid allegations against him. Not just the documents, ana, that were released yesterday that gave us more disgusting details about this sex trafficking ring and the other individuals involved, but we also know that pedophiles like epstein are at a higher risk of committing suicide in jail. So the thought that he would not have been watched, that he would not have been under constant surveillance by personnel at that yajail is very disturbing d i agree with spencer and ive been watching this story unfold this morning and watching social media and so many women coming coming forward and saying they wont have the opportunity to face epstein in a federal criminal trial, to face him and to tell their stories of victim gavicti victimization how theyve been robbed of that opportunity because the prison personnel did not do their jobs and