New details expose how a former top Trump official got caught in Epstein's web of influence
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
A trove of newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents has shed fresh light on the vast network of influential relationships that the late, disgraced financier carefully cultivated over decades — most prominently in South Florida, where Epstein’s ties allowed him to curry favor and win preferential treatment from the very individuals tasked with holding him accountable.
Documents published under the Epstein Transparency Act have detailed the lengths that Epstein went to in order to cultivate a coterie of powerful relationships, including in Florida and within the Justice Department — where Alex Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, would go on to negotiate and approve a highly unusual "sweetheart" deal on Epstein's behalf.
The information highlights the extent to which powerful friendships and profound leadership failures overlapped and intersected for years, creating a web of inoculation that shielded Epstein and allowed him to seemingly operate above the law despite a growing list of victims' reports whose details were as bone-chilling as they were similar.
Details of Acosta's behavior, in particular, have shocked outside observers and lawmakers alike, who pressed the former DOJ official in detail during his testimony to House Oversight Committee lawmakers last year.
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Though Acosta's role is not new, the transcript of his testimony, new reports of relationships between Epstein's defense lawyers and former prosecutors in the Southern District, and a "data gap" that wiped Acosta's computer from the nearly 12-month period between May 2007 to April 2008 — the same time frame that Epstein's lawyers were aggressively lobbying federal prosecutors to end the federal case — have sparked a litany of new questions.
The documents, reports, and alleged data gaps revived questions over how Alex Acosta, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, handled the Epstein case, and the infamous 2007 plea deal he negotiated granting Epstein and his co-conspirators federal immunity.
Most recently, the sweetheart deal has sparked renewed scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee as part of its Jeffrey Epstein probe. Democrats on the panel blasted Acosta's testimony as defiant and defensive.
"The transcripts of Alex Acosta’s interview confirm what we’ve known all along: he has no remorse for his mishandling of the Epstein case," Sara Guerrero, spokesperson for Oversight Democrats, said in a statement.
Acosta "continues to deny he gave …
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
A trove of newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents has shed fresh light on the vast network of influential relationships that the late, disgraced financier carefully cultivated over decades — most prominently in South Florida, where Epstein’s ties allowed him to curry favor and win preferential treatment from the very individuals tasked with holding him accountable.
Documents published under the Epstein Transparency Act have detailed the lengths that Epstein went to in order to cultivate a coterie of powerful relationships, including in Florida and within the Justice Department — where Alex Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, would go on to negotiate and approve a highly unusual "sweetheart" deal on Epstein's behalf.
The information highlights the extent to which powerful friendships and profound leadership failures overlapped and intersected for years, creating a web of inoculation that shielded Epstein and allowed him to seemingly operate above the law despite a growing list of victims' reports whose details were as bone-chilling as they were similar.
Details of Acosta's behavior, in particular, have shocked outside observers and lawmakers alike, who pressed the former DOJ official in detail during his testimony to House Oversight Committee lawmakers last year.
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Though Acosta's role is not new, the transcript of his testimony, new reports of relationships between Epstein's defense lawyers and former prosecutors in the Southern District, and a "data gap" that wiped Acosta's computer from the nearly 12-month period between May 2007 to April 2008 — the same time frame that Epstein's lawyers were aggressively lobbying federal prosecutors to end the federal case — have sparked a litany of new questions.
The documents, reports, and alleged data gaps revived questions over how Alex Acosta, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, handled the Epstein case, and the infamous 2007 plea deal he negotiated granting Epstein and his co-conspirators federal immunity.
Most recently, the sweetheart deal has sparked renewed scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee as part of its Jeffrey Epstein probe. Democrats on the panel blasted Acosta's testimony as defiant and defensive.
"The transcripts of Alex Acosta’s interview confirm what we’ve known all along: he has no remorse for his mishandling of the Epstein case," Sara Guerrero, spokesperson for Oversight Democrats, said in a statement.
Acosta "continues to deny he gave …
New details expose how a former top Trump official got caught in Epstein's web of influence
Equal justice apparently isn't equal anymore.
A trove of newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents has shed fresh light on the vast network of influential relationships that the late, disgraced financier carefully cultivated over decades — most prominently in South Florida, where Epstein’s ties allowed him to curry favor and win preferential treatment from the very individuals tasked with holding him accountable.
Documents published under the Epstein Transparency Act have detailed the lengths that Epstein went to in order to cultivate a coterie of powerful relationships, including in Florida and within the Justice Department — where Alex Acosta, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, would go on to negotiate and approve a highly unusual "sweetheart" deal on Epstein's behalf.
The information highlights the extent to which powerful friendships and profound leadership failures overlapped and intersected for years, creating a web of inoculation that shielded Epstein and allowed him to seemingly operate above the law despite a growing list of victims' reports whose details were as bone-chilling as they were similar.
Details of Acosta's behavior, in particular, have shocked outside observers and lawmakers alike, who pressed the former DOJ official in detail during his testimony to House Oversight Committee lawmakers last year.
HILLARY CLINTON COMES OUT SWINGING AFTER GOP GRILLED HER DURING MARATHON EPSTEIN DEPOSITION
Though Acosta's role is not new, the transcript of his testimony, new reports of relationships between Epstein's defense lawyers and former prosecutors in the Southern District, and a "data gap" that wiped Acosta's computer from the nearly 12-month period between May 2007 to April 2008 — the same time frame that Epstein's lawyers were aggressively lobbying federal prosecutors to end the federal case — have sparked a litany of new questions.
The documents, reports, and alleged data gaps revived questions over how Alex Acosta, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, handled the Epstein case, and the infamous 2007 plea deal he negotiated granting Epstein and his co-conspirators federal immunity.
Most recently, the sweetheart deal has sparked renewed scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee as part of its Jeffrey Epstein probe. Democrats on the panel blasted Acosta's testimony as defiant and defensive.
"The transcripts of Alex Acosta’s interview confirm what we’ve known all along: he has no remorse for his mishandling of the Epstein case," Sara Guerrero, spokesperson for Oversight Democrats, said in a statement.
Acosta "continues to deny he gave …
