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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPalm Beach County's handling of Jeffrey Epstein wasn't corrupt, Florida investigation finds
...FDLEs criminal investigation was ordered by Gov. Ron DeSantis following a series of stories in the Miami Herald, beginning in 2018. The series detailed how Epstein received unprecedented federal immunity and served a short jail sentence in 2008. After the series, Epstein was indicted in New York in 2019 on new sex trafficking charges, but died a month later behind bars while awaiting trial. His death was ruled a suicide by hanging.
In 2007, Epsteins criminal case was taken over by the Miami U.S. Attorneys Office, which compiled enough evidence to charge him in a 53-page sex crime indictment. However, Miamis U.S. attorney at the time, Alexander Acosta, approved a non-prosecution agreement giving Epstein and an untold number of other conspirators immunity in exchange for Epstein agreeing to plead guilty to relatively minor state charges and serve what turned out to be a 13-month sentence in the Palm Beach county jail.
FDLE released three summaries of its investigation Monday an examination of the state attorneys offices handling of the case; a look at allegations that Epstein sexually abused two women while he was on work release in Palm Beach; and an inquiry into whether anyone in the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office committed any crimes or received any benefits for giving Epstein special privileges while he was incarcerated.
While conceding that it appears that Epstein received differential treatment while in the custody of the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office (PBSO), state investigators nevertheless concluded that Epstein met all the criteria for work release that were set by the county sheriff....
In 2007, Epsteins criminal case was taken over by the Miami U.S. Attorneys Office, which compiled enough evidence to charge him in a 53-page sex crime indictment. However, Miamis U.S. attorney at the time, Alexander Acosta, approved a non-prosecution agreement giving Epstein and an untold number of other conspirators immunity in exchange for Epstein agreeing to plead guilty to relatively minor state charges and serve what turned out to be a 13-month sentence in the Palm Beach county jail.
FDLE released three summaries of its investigation Monday an examination of the state attorneys offices handling of the case; a look at allegations that Epstein sexually abused two women while he was on work release in Palm Beach; and an inquiry into whether anyone in the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office committed any crimes or received any benefits for giving Epstein special privileges while he was incarcerated.
While conceding that it appears that Epstein received differential treatment while in the custody of the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office (PBSO), state investigators nevertheless concluded that Epstein met all the criteria for work release that were set by the county sheriff....
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article251285139.html
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Palm Beach County's handling of Jeffrey Epstein wasn't corrupt, Florida investigation finds (Original Post)
mia
May 2021
OP
Florida Man finds another Florida Man investigating a third Florida Man is AOK.
lagomorph777
May 2021
#5
Sanity Claws
(21,860 posts)1. Did we really expect anything different?
How could a corrupt government investigating itself ever find otherwise? It's like a logic problem. If you start with an incorrect premise, you will come up with an incorrect conclusion.
mia
(8,363 posts)2. DeSantis covering for Acosta...
It was bound to happen.
Champp
(2,114 posts)3. "Hot damn." - Former Guy (R)
Hugin
(33,222 posts)4. Self-licking ice cream cone says it's vanilla.
Alternate headline.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)5. Florida Man finds another Florida Man investigating a third Florida Man is AOK.