White House 'looking into' Alexander Acosta's prosecution in billionaire pedophile case

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By REBECCA MORIN 02/22/2019 09:54 AM EST

The White House is "looking into" a decade-old Florida case in which Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, then a federal prosecutor, potentially violated the law by keeping underage female victims of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein in the dark about his plea deal to avoid federal prosecution.

"We’re looking into the matter, I’m not aware of any changes on that front," press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters when asked whether President Donald Trump's confidence in Acosta has changed.

She added: "My understanding is that’s a very complicated case ... but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time."

U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra on Thursday ruled that federal prosecutors broke the law by failing to keep Epstein's victims adequately informed about the billionaire's plea deal, and he mentioned numerous times Acosta's direct involvement in the 2008 case. Acosta was the U.S. attorney for Southern Florida at the time.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/22/alexander-acosta-jeffrey-epstein-1179958

[RandySF]

1. A promotion?

[2naSalit]

2. That just means they plan to create another cover up scheme...nt

[procon]

3. Well, there's another cover up in the making. nt

[mpcamb]

4. Looking into as in considering firing, or as maybe bumping up a notch

since he fits the trump profile and is soiled enough to be malleable as play-doh.

[lark]

5. drumpf was on of the rapists not convicted, so he's looking into how to bury this.

Guaranteed!!!

[KPN]

8. Yup!

On the other hand, he knows "God put him in the White House to do good".

[lark]

14. I really don't believe he thinks that at all.

He doesn't believe in God, just in himself. He thinks he tricked PUtin into backing him when it's PUtin who tricked Cheetollini into being a Russian agent and working to destroy America, for fun and personal profit.

[watoos]

6. Fuck that Sarah,

who is looking into it, Alan Dershowich? C'mon man, Epstein had Trump's phone numbers in his little black book. Trump admits going to many Epstein parties. It isn't complicated at all Sarah, Acosta covered up an underage sex trafficking operation where many powerful men had sex or raped underage girls.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. +1. . . . nt

[Achilleaze]

12. !

[Turbineguy]

7. Sarah Huckabee Sanders'

Daughter is near that age group.

[Merlot]

9. So what? Why even bring her up?

Would huck-sans lies be less horrendous if she didn't have a daughter that age?

[watoos]

10. It certainly matters more to me.

When Trump was running in the primary I watched a video of him looking at a 10 year old girl and saying that he would be dating her in 10 years. I have a daughter and the thought flashed through my mind that if Trump said something like that about my daughter, if he looked at my daughter with sexual thoughts, lets just say that I would react more so than if I didn't have a daughter. It doesn't make what Trump does more despicable but it resonates more with people who can relate.

[GemDigger]

13. Oh my goodness Sarah!!

She added: "My understanding is that’s a very complicated case ... but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time."

Yes they made a great deal for a pedophile. I am just sitting here shaking my head.

[cstanleytech]

17. Correction, they made a great deal for a pedophile by committing a crime themselves.

[watoos]

15. Maybe Sarah is thinking about

investigating that pizza joint where Hillary and Podesta ran a sex ring in the basement but the place didn't have a basement? Which is a good reminder to watch for Russian and right wing trolls and bots. Trump has done nothing to stop them.

[cstanleytech]

16. Nice to know though for certain what the P for GOP stands for.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. Using Trump's time-tested techniques, Acosta and the defense....

tied this case up in litigation into oblivion until they believed the public would forget. Sorry boys, it ain't gonna happen.

Thank goodness for the investigative team at Miami Herald. To reiterate from yesterday:

Federal prosecutors broke law in Jeffrey Epstein case, judge rules
By Julie K. Brown
February 21, 2019 02:51 PM

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html#storylink=cpy
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html

(snip)

Brad Edwards, who represents Courtney Wild — Jane Doe No. 1 in the case — said he was elated at the judge’s ruling, but admitted he is troubled that it took 11 years to litigate. He blamed federal prosecutors for needlessly dragging it out when they could have remedied their error after it was brought to their attention in 2008.

“The government aligned themselves with Epstein, working against his victims, for 11 years,’’ Edwards said. “Yes, this is a huge victory, but to make his victims suffer for 11 years, this should not have happened. Instead of admitting what they did, and doing the right thing, they spent 11 years fighting these girls.’’

Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said prosecutors not only violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act by not informing the victims, they also misled the girls into believing that the FBI’s sex trafficking case against Epstein was still ongoing — when in fact, prosecutors had secretly closed it after sealing the plea bargain from the public record.

My heart cries for those who have suffered for so long over this horrific failed case........ ........

[eppur_se_muova]

19. Probably just wanting the videos -- will settle for pictures. nt

[INdemo]

20. Alexander Acosta labor Sec. is the reason on many occasions that I have challenged the jobs

numbers and the labor unemployment statistics. He has provided the media with the numbers Trump approves of.