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the in the county jail, but the deal — called a non- 4 he thought no one would listen to full unredacted copy of the Palm Beach police prosecution agreement — essentially shut down F = and he was right. investigation and witmess statements that had ‘an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were ww — Courtney Wild, be me sae seal. * Hee ‘more victims and other powerful people who : Herald leamed that, as part of the plea Pecrighle py beptacad ganic cone to who was 14when she met Epstein geal Epstein provided what the govemment a Miami Herald examination of thousands of called “valuable consideration” for unspecified ‘emails, court documents and FBI records, any chance that the girls — or anyone else — foran interview oranswer queries through email. infomation he supplied to federal investigators, ‘The pact required Epstein to plead guilty to might show up in court and try to derail it But court records reveal details of the nego- While the documents obtained by the Herald ‘two prostitution changes in state court. “This is the story of how Epstein, bolstered by tiations and the role that Acosta would play in. dont detail what the information was, Epstein's Epstein and four of his accomplices named in__ unlimited funds and represented bya powerhouse arranging the deal, which scuttled the federal sex crime case happened just as the country’s the agreement received immunity from all federal legal team, was able to manipulate the criminal —_probe into a possible international sex trafficking subprime mortgage market collapsed, ushering in criminal charges. But even more unusual, the justice system, and how his accusers, still trau- operation. Among other things, Acosta allowed the 2008 global financial crisis deal included wording that granted immunity to matized by their pasts, believe they were betrayed Epstein’ lawyers unusual freedoms in dictating Reconls show that Epstein was a key fed- “any potential co-conspirators” who were also _by the very prosecutors who pledged to protect _ the terms of the non-prosecution agreement. eral witness in the criminal prosecution of two involved in Epstein’ crimes: them, “The damage that —— prominent executives with Bear Stearns, the These accomplices or participants were not “(don't think anyone has been told the truth happened in this ease is un- _global investment brokerage that failed in 2008, identified inthe agreement, leaving it open to about what Jeffrey Epstein did,” said one of conscionable,” said Bradley who were accused of corporate securities fraud interpretation whether it possibly referred to other Epstein’ victims, Michelle Licata, now 30.""He Edwards, a former state . a Epstein was one of the langest investors in the influential people who were having sex with ruined my life and a lot of girls’ lives. People prosecutor who represents > hedge fund managed by the executives, who were underage girs at Epstein’s various homes oron need to know what he did and why he wasn't some of Epstein’s victims. e} later acquitted. Itis not known what role, if any, his plane. prosecuted so it never happens again.” “How in the world, do you, - the case played in Epstein’s plea negotiations. As partof the arrangement, Acosta agreed, Now President Donald Trump's secretary of the US. attorney, engage in ‘. ‘The Herald also identified about 80 women despite a federal law to the contrary, that the deal labor, Acosta, 49, oversees a massive federal a negotiation with a cnminal SW] Whos they were molested or otherwise sexu- ‘would be kept from the victims, AS result, the agency that provides oversight ofthe country’s _deferdlant, basically allowing = ally abused by Epstein from 2001 to 2006, About non-prosecution agreement was sealed until after labor laws, including human traflicking, that criminal defendant to Bradley — itwas approved by the judge, thereby averting Acosta did not respond to numerous requests write up the agreement?” Edwards See PERVERSION, page 16 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023047
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coerce into * * have all but been forgotten. having sex acts behind the walls of his opalent ‘The women — naw in their Late 20s and early waterfront mansion as often as three times a day, 30s — are still fighting for an elusive justice that the Town of Palm Beach police found. ‘even the passage of time has not made right, ‘The eccentric hedge fund manager, whose Like other victims of sexual abuse, they be- friends included former President Bill Clinton, y lieve they've been silenced by a criminal justice Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, was also system that stubbomly fails to hold Epstein and suspected of trafficking minor girls, often from Fie photo by AGACA PRESS other wealthy and powerfull men accountable, overseas, for sex parties at his other homes in U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, when he was a federal prosecutor in Miami, helped _“Jefirey preyed on girls who were in a bad Manhattan, New Mexicoand the Virgin Islands, negotiate an agreement that greatly reduced the severity of the conviction of Jeffrey Epstein, a way, girls who were basically homeless. He went FBI and court records show, ‘sexual abuser of girls. after girls who he thought no one would listen to Facing a 53-page federal indictment, Epstein and he was right,” said Courtney Wild, who was coud have ended up in federal prison for the rest 14 when she met Epstein. ofhis life, 4 1 Over the past year, the Miami Herald ex- But an the morning of the breakfast meet- f . amined a decade's worth of court documents, ing, adel waa anak an extevodinary plea i” | A Jeffrey preyed on girls who were in lays, witness Larner saeane ‘agreement that would conceal all extent K “ i i FBI documents. le involved in of Epstein’ crimes and the number of people a bad way, girls who were basically in cicsion— moa of whom kave never involved. ¢ homeless. He went after girls who spoken before — were also interviewed. The Notonly would Epstein serve just 13 months j . i Herald also obtained new records, including
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14 The Virgin Islands Daily News PERVERSION OF JUSTICE Wednesday, February 27, 2019 How a future Trump Cabinet member ial buser the deal of a lifeti By JULIE K. BROWN a Asa result, neither the victims — nor even the Miami Herald = judge — would know how many girls Epstein —___________—— i allegedly sexually abused between 2001 and MIAMI — Ona muggy October morning in | 2005, when his underage sex activities were first 2007, Miami's wop federal prosecutor, Alexan- uncovered by police. Police referred the case to der Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a Es the FBI a year later, when they began to suspect former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay > id ti that their investigation was being undermined by Lefkowitz, i the Palm Beach State Attomey’s Office. It was an unusual meeting for the then-38- “¥ Not ‘he said, she said’ year-old prosecutor, a rising Republican star who { : ihad served in several White House posts before 7 “This was not a ‘he said, being named US, attomey in Miami by President > she said’ situation. This was George W. Bush U ‘ P 0-something ‘shes’ and Instead of meeting at the prosecutor's Miami a - = one ‘he’ — ard the ‘shes’ ant headquarters, the two men — both with profes- - whit: all basically told the same a sional roots in the prestigious Washington law 3 story” said retired Palm i] firm of Kirkland & Ellis — convened at the . mi Beach Police Chief Michael . Marriott in West Palm Beach, about 70 miles : oa Reiter, who supervised the away. For Lefkowitz, 44, a US. special envoy to 2 police probe. me North Korea and corporate lawyer, the meeting = - More than adecade later, jyichael Reiter ‘was critical wa x at atime when Olympic His client, Palm Beach multimillionaire Jefiey . gymnasts and Hollywood Epstein, $4, was accused of assembling a Large, ‘ ‘actresses have become a catalyst fora cultural cultlike network of underage girls — with the reckoning about sexual abuse, Epstein’ victims help of young female recnuiters —to
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