Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are renewing calls for the firing of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) director who oversaw the security lapses that culminated in the alleged suicide of billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

This isn’t a one-time issue. Even under the Biden Admin, BOP continues to stonewall to cover up incompetence. BOP Dir. [Michael] Carvajal must be replaced,” they tweeted Wednesday, citing new records published by the New York Times (NYT). In the last days of his life, Epstein reportedly denied having an interest in killing himself, despite displaying suicidal tendencies, offered investment advice to fellow inmates, and misrepresented a phone call he made to a girlfriend. He was reportedly left alone the night he died, despite having been repeatedly evaluated out of concerns of suicide. .