Article snippet: apparent suicide while locked up at a federal jail is sparking questions for officials tasked with overseeing his custody as the disgraced financier awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges. Reports of Epstein's death early Saturday left many officials and lawmakers voicing shock and demanding answers, with news that he killed himself coming just weeks after officials investigated a possible suicide attempt. Epstein was apparently taken off suicide watch before he died at the Manhattan jail, with federal authorities in New York and at the Justice Department in Washington expressing alarm over the death and saying the FBI would investigate. “In addition to the FBI’s investigation, I have consulted with the Inspector General who is opening an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein’s death," Attorney General MORE said in a statement. Barr said he was "appalled" by Epstein's death and that his apparent suicide while in federal custody "raises serious questions that must be answered." By opening an FBI investigation as well as watchdog review, officials are conducting simultaneous probes that could result in disciplinary action or carry more serious implications depending on whatever facts are found in the case. Some lawmakers are already calling for people to be fired. “Every single person in the Justice Department — from your Main Justice headquarters staff all the way to the night-shift jailer — knew that this man was a suicide risk, and that his dark ... Link to the full article to read more