Prosecutors considered placing sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a cell with a Donald Trump superfan who was convicted of mailing pipe bombs to the president's enemies, according to newly released documents.
The Justice Department posted online thousands more files Monday evening related to the government’s case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice in sex trafficking. The Washington Post managed to download the full set before they were taken down without explanation.
"The files include correspondence among prison officials about Epstein’s psychological assessments, with discussions about holding him in a special housing units about two weeks before he died," the Post reported.
Epstein died in federal custody in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, and his death was ruled a suicide.
“We have supporting memorandums from the responding officers who indicated they observed inmate Epstein with a makeshift noose around his neck,” stated an internal email from prosecutors.
The documents also show that Epstein was nearly placed in the same cell as an infamous MAGA fanatic, but little further explanation has been disclosed about that matter.
"At one point, the documents indicate, prison officials planned to house Epstein in a cell with Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of Trump’s who in 2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures," the Post reported. "The Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to requests for comment about Epstein’s incarceration."
Sayoc told a federal judge after his arrest that attending a rally for Trump “became like a new found drug" during a particularly dark time in his life.
“By 2018, he was living alone in a decrepit and cramped van that had been his home for more than a decade," Sayoc's lawyers wrote. "A typical day saw Mr. Sayoc waking up in his van, showering at the gym, and cooking crockpot meals while inside the DJ booth of a strip club before heading off to his second job delivering pizza. As he grew older and more isolated, excessive steroid use increased his feelings of anxiety and paranoia.”"
Defense lawyers told the court that 'in this darkness, Mr. Sayoc found light in Donald J. Trump."