Prison guards discussed Epstein death cover-up, inmate tells FBI

Notes from an FBI interview indicate that prison guards discussed "cover-up"

An FBI 302 interview with an inmate in the Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019 told agents that he overheard a prison guard and others talking about covering up Epstein’s death.

The inmate, in an FBI interview on August 28 — two weeks after Epstein’s death — claimed that he and other inmates heard the commotion after Epstein’s body was found in his cell.

“Breathe! Breathe!” he recalled officers shouting about 6:30 a.m.

Then he said he heard an officer say “Dudes, you killed that dude.”

A female guard then replied “If he is dead, we’re going to cover it up and he’s going to have an alibi -- my officers,” the FBI notes said. The inmate claimed that the whole tier overheard the exchange.

Later, after learning Epstein had died, he said inmates said “Miss Noel killed Jeffrey.”

The handwritten five-page report was taken in connection with a proffer agreement with the witness, the report noted. The name of the inmate is redacted from the report.