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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said on Tuesday night that the committee plans to question the former corrections officer who searched for information about pedophile Jeffrey Epstein less than an hour before he was found dead in his New York City jail cell on August 10, 2019.<\/p>\n
The New York Post reported<\/a> last Saturday that former Metropolitan Correctional Center guard Tova Noel googled \u201clatest on Epstein in jail\u201d at 5:42 a.m. and again at 5:52 a.m. before Epstein was found dead at 6:30 a.m., according to FBI records. Chase Bank also flagged numerous \u201csuspicious\u201d deposits into Noel\u2019s bank account between April of 2018 and November of 2019, with the largest deposit of $5,000 coming on July 30, 2019, according to the Post, which reviewed DOJ documents.<\/p>\n Noel will now be asked to appear before the committee for an interview, Comer told<\/a> Fox News host Jesse Watters.<\/p>\n \u201cThe recent media reports \u2026 [are] very concerning, especially the suspicious activity report on a $5,000 mysterious deposit that she had,\u201d Comer told Watters. \u201cAnd the reason that stands out to me, Jesse, is because very seldom are suspicious activity reports even reported for sums less than $10,000.\u201d<\/p>\n Noel, who was also accused of falsifying guard shift records the night before Epstein was found dead, is believed to be the last corrections officer to see Epstein alive.<\/p>\n \u201cSo because of this, because of the media reports and because of the fact that, honestly, most people on the committee aren\u2019t confident 100% that Epstein\u2019s death was by suicide, we\u2019re going to ask Ms. Noel to come in for a transcribed interview,\u201d Comer said. \u201cAgain, no one is accusing her of any wrongdoing, but we have a lot of questions about Epstein.\u201d<\/p>\n Noel is also believed to be the mysterious blur that was caught on camera<\/a> moving near Epstein\u2019s cell with orange linen the night before he died, according to the Justice Department. Epstein apparently killed himself using extra linen that was in his cell. Noel reportedly told investigators that she \u201cnever gave out linen\u201d to inmates, since that was always done during the previous shift. She also denied googling Epstein shortly before he was found dead.<\/p>\n DOJ investigators interviewed Noel following Epstein\u2019s apparent suicide, and her lawyers said she did not have any part in Epstein\u2019s death. The Justice Department did not ask Noel about the numerous cash deposits that were flagged by Chase as \u201csuspicious activity,\u201d the Post reported.<\/p>\n Noel and her fellow guard, Michael Thomas, were accused of falling asleep on the job and admitted to falsifying their reports to cover up for missing checks on Epstein, which they were supposed to conduct every 30 minutes.<\/p>\n Noel and Thomas were arrested and charged in November of 2019, but a federal judge later dismissed<\/a> the charges after prosecutors struck a deal in exchange for \u201ctruthful information related to their employment by the Bureau of Prisons.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n