Not surprisingly, rumors and conspiracy theories about Epstein's death have exploded online and on social media.
I am not one to latch on to conspiracy theories as a rule. At the same time, I can't help but comment about how this was a most convenient death.
Epstein was friends with many prominent individuals both on the left and the right. So his sudden demise takes the heat off those people.
And the one person who benefits most from Epstein's death is none other than Trump himself.
Epstein was held at and died in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, which is administered by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a part of the Justice Department and part of Trump's administration.
Epstein had been on suicide watch because he attempted to kill himself several weeks ago, but that watch was recently lifted. That's rather convenient.
Now I hardly think Trump ordered Epstein killed in his cell. Nor do I think he ordered that the man be neglected to encourage him to commit suicide.
But here's where Trump is complicit: the Federal Bureau of Prisons has no permanent administrator because Trump has not nominated one nor is there an assistant. (This is a chronic problem throughout his administration.) Had a competent, commanding person been running the department, an order would have come down that Epstein should be closely monitored because of the political sensitivity of the matter. But that didn't happen. Trump is too feckless to put in the time to nominate qualified people for the hundreds of vacancies that plague his administration.
As a result, Epstein might have died because of the endemic incompetence in Trump's administration, where hundreds of senior level positions remain vacant. Trump has more "acting" agency heads than any President in history.
Perhaps in an attempt to deflect attention from his own administration's negligence in this matter, Trump spent the weekend blame tweeting Epstein's death on the Clintons (Bill Clinton knew Epstein for a time). That shows you his mindset -- rather than address a shortcoming within his own administration, he seeks to shift blame to others, even if that fuels absurd conspiracy theories.
Nearly every single day, Trump demonstrates how he's not fit to be President. And this past week, with this and other matters, he underscored that fact many times over.
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