Jeffrey Epstein case victims have attorneys

[saidsimplesimon]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/us-attorneys-office-in-miami-recuses-itself-from-jeffrey-epstein-case/ar-BBUpWzD

March 6,2019

US attorney's office in Miami recuses itself from Jeffrey Epstein case

By Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald

MIAMI - Just days before a Friday deadline, the Justice Department has reassigned the Jeffrey Epstein victims' rights case to the U.S. attorney's office in Atlanta, the attorneys representing Epstein's victims said Tuesday.

Miami federal prosecutors, in a letter to attorneys for the victims Monday, said they had recused themselves from the case, according to Brad Edwards and Jack Scarola, representing Epstein's victims.
The reassignment means that the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. "BJay" Pak, will oversee the case for the government. Pak, a former Georgia lawmaker, was appointed Atlanta's chief federal prosecutor by President Donald Trump in October 2017.

The Justice Department is still under a Friday deadline for prosecutors to confer with the victims' attorneys in an effort to settle the case. On Feb. 22, U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in Palm Beach County ruled that federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage girls in Palm Beach who had been sexually abused by Epstein, a multimillionaire New York hedge fund manager.
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[Judi Lynn]

1. Too bad they and their parents couldn't afford the legal help they needed when they were kids.

Had they been well-connected, well-heeled female children, Epstein probably wouldn't have preyed upon them.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. I agree.

Children raised in poverty are at a greater risk of being vulnerable to predators.

There are also the dangers of pedophiles in religious communities who commit these crimes. As a parent and grandparent, my style includes being constantly vigilant.