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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEpstein victims' case has inched forward today:
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, already under
federal investigation for a secret immunity deal he gave
to a suspected sex trafficker of underage girls, may have
to face some of those victims who are now adult
women in a federal courtroom."
Link to tweet
In a new court filing, two victims, molested as teenagers a decade ago, are asking a federal judge to hold a hearing for all the women who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, a multimillionaire financier who received a non-prosecution agreement from Acosta when Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Miami in 2007.
The request for a hearing is one of a litany of possible remedies proffered by the victims, who have been waging a decade-long legal battle to put Epstein in prison for his crimes and to hold prosecutors mainly Acosta accountable for violating their rights.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article230708394.html#storylink=cpy
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Reporter Julie K. Brown
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Somehow, I find him almost as gross as Epstein.
Their gross, nasty faces should be displayed together for perpetuity.
mia
(8,360 posts)on the Lolita Express ?
Mr. Evil
(2,839 posts)Under extreme duress.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)indeed
Billy Ray Joe Bob.
(65 posts)Look at the bags under his eyes. Even the bags have bags. Evil as they get.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)That the wheels are moving so slowly is just insult to injury.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Trying to keep the faith, but how the days do drag on
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)I think it was a four-part story. They deserve the Pulitzer for their work on this story.
Justice delayed is justice denied. All this time, that scumfuck Epstein has walked around a free man with a smug self-satisfied grin all over his face. And don't even get me started on Acosta's part in this. He should be burned at the stake for what he did.
watoos
(7,142 posts)I will be shocked. I will have a bit of renewed faith in our justice system.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Julie K. Brown, has been pursuing this case for, I understand, ELEVEN YEARS.
Heres her twitter account:
https://mobile.twitter.com/jkbjournalist
I dont tweet myself, but I check her feed for updates - shes hell on wheels, and if I had half her patience, Id be a lot better off!!!!
pnwmom
(108,976 posts)And I've been wondering about the NY case involving an old sealed Epstein/Maxwell/Giuffre case that the MSM was trying to unseal. But before he could rule, the 95 year old judge died. And I haven't been able to hear the status since.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)appointed day, a male and a female named in the documents sent their lawyers in to stop the unsealing, and then I believe that very next weekend, that elderly judge passed away and......we got nuthin
This case needs a kickass, no-prisoners lawyer to come blow this thing UP, but unfortunately, Cohen and Manafort have been disbarred, Don McGahns too busy licking LOSER45s toes, Avenattis on the run, and Alan Dershowitz, GOD WILLING, will possibly go to prison for his part in this TRAVESTY of justice
But...we wait and watch
Karadeniz
(22,506 posts)He cooked up a minor offense for Epstein rather than the statutory rape and possible human trafficking he'd committed. He hid his deal with Epstein from the victims who didn't know they'd been victimized again. Illegal.
Why is he walking around charge-free? I know why he's still labor secy...trump doesn't care. He welcomes having shady underlings whose misdeeds hang over their heads. Leverage. Trump used to go to Epstein s NYC parties. I wouldn't be surprised if, Epstein knowing he had a leverage point on trump, he didn't arrange for Donald to do him a favor and hire Acosta, thus paying Acosta back for helping him evade justice. Trump revels in the favor system since he can't function in a legitimate merit system.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)players have a lot invested in keeping this matter hush-hush and on the QT.
Its SO BAD
Meanwhile, the DOJ was investigating Acosta as of February of this year, and as of early April, Senate Dems have requested their findings:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-democrats-ask-doj-findings-probe-acosta-s-conduct-epstein-n994026
....standing by....