Ultimately the FBI and the Justice Department began assembling a case that detailed how Epstein basically ran underaged girls in and out of his mansion for sex as many as three times a day. Federal Sentencing Guidelines suggested up to life in prison.
In 2007, Epstein's attorney Jay Lefkowitz met Alexander Acosta, Federal District Attorney of Miami. Protocol dictates that such meetings are usually held at the Prosecutor's offices. But instead of meeting at the prosecutor's office in Miami, Acosta drove about 70 Miles to a Marriott in West Palm Beach to make an extraordinarily lenient deal. From the Miami Herald's investigation:
Not only would Epstein serve just 13 months in the county jail, but the deal — called a non-prosecution agreement — essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were more victims and other powerful people who took part in Epstein’s sex crimes, according to a Miami Herald examination of thousands of emails, court documents and FBI records.
The pact required Epstein to plead guilty to two prostitution charges in state court. Epstein and four of his accomplices named in the agreement received immunity from all federal criminal charges. But even more unusual, the deal included wording that granted immunity to “any potential co-conspirators’’ who were also involved in Epstein’s crimes. These accomplices or participants were not identified in the agreement, leaving it open to interpretation whether it possibly referred to other influential people who were having sex with underage girls at Epstein’s various homes or on his plane.
As part of the arrangement, Acosta agreed, despite a federal law to the contrary, that the deal would be kept from the victims. As a result, the non-prosecution agreement was sealed until after it was approved by the judge, thereby averting any chance that the girls — or anyone else — might show up in court and try to derail it.
No trial, no public testimony, and no notification to the victims, who were screwed twice: Once by Epstein, and once by the Judicial System. Very nice for the billionaire, whose lawyers included Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz, whose clients have included Klaus Von Bulow, Mike Tyson and O.J. Simpson. Women have come forward saying that Epstein and his partner, British socialite and environmentalist Ghislaine Maxwell, directed them to have sex with Dershowitz, 80, and other wealthy, powerful men. Dershowitz and Maxwell have denied the claims. When Ghislaine Maxwell called accuser Roberts Giuffre a liar. Giuffre sued for libel, and won millions in a settlement.
From a possible life sentence, Epstein escaped with 13 months in jail. Sound harsh? He had work-release privileges for six days a week, 12 hours each day, during which a private driver picked him up and took him to a nearby office. There is testimony that many women were brought to his offices during this time.
Alexander Acosta, the U.S. attorney that brokered the deal, is now Donald Trump's Secretary of Labor. As a result of publicity around Acosta's appointment as Secretary, the Justice Department opened an investigation of the plea deal in February of this year. Later that month a Federal Judge ruled that the Justice Department broke the law when they signed the deal, violating the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights. The Judge wrote:
When the Government gives information to victims, it cannot be misleading. While the Government spent untold hours negotiating the terms and implications of the NPA (Non Prosecution Agreement) with Epstein’s attorneys, scant information was shared with victims. Instead, the victims were told to be ‘patient’ while the investigation proceeded.
Giuffre is now represented by legal lion David Boies, attorney for Clinton during the Lewinsky impeachment and lately for Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood scumbag extraordinaire. Dershowitz and Bois are not pals. Dershowitz has filed bar complaints in 3 states to have Bois disqualified. (All cases have been dismissed).
So 2 of the great legal eagles of the American Judicial System, Dershowitz and Boies, confronting one another, both trying to polish whatever is left of their tarnished reputations. This case shows the extent of corruption of money and power in the American Judicial System.
On Saturday, when his jet landed in the United States from Paris, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and charged with sex trafficking. The evidence in the 2007 agreement in still under seal. Who is under seal? Who knows? Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's jet many times.
In 2002, Donald Trump said of Epstein:
I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.
So the President's Secretary of Labor made the illegal deal with the President's most respected legal defender on Fox. I'm not sure what will come out at this point, but I would love to see some of the evidence that is under seal. Trump might go to William Bar and ask if there's a way to 'let this whole Epstein thing go', but I think we are a little too late in the game for that to work.
This case will be like an HBO companion mini-series to the impeachment investigations. But if anyone says that justice is blind in this country, I suggest you look at the case of Jeffrey Epstein. It's going to be interesting to see how much of this case sees the light of day.
