Deflecting blame, Acosta pointed finger at others. Why they may have some explaining to do

[Judi Lynn]

BY JULIE K. BROWN
JULY 13, 2019 06:10 PM, UPDATED 17 MINUTES AGO

On Oct 23, 2007, as federal prosecutors in South Florida were in the midst of tense negotiations to finalize a plea deal with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a senior prosecutor in their office was quietly laying out plans to leave the U.S. attorney’s office after 11 years.

On that date, as emails were flying between Epstein’s lawyers and federal prosecutors, Bruce E. Reinhart, now a federal magistrate, opened a limited liability company in Florida that established what would become his new criminal defense practice.

The stated address, according to Florida state corporate records: 250 South Australian Ave., Suite 1400. It was the same location, and identical suite number, as that of Epstein’s lead attorney, Jack Goldberger.

By the end of the year, Reinhart had resigned his post in the Southern District of Florida. Within days, on Jan. 2, 2008, he was hired to represent several of Epstein’s accused accomplices who would later, like Epstein, receive federal immunity for allegedly trafficking underage girls.

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[mr_lebowski]

1. Others may have some explaining to do as well. But Acosta was the one with the 'call' ...

Others wrong-doing is not going to assuage his own.

This Reinhart guy may've pulled a fast one and sold-out, maybe even illegally passed prosecution info to the defense, but doesn't mean the entire case that federal prosecutors (with testimony from 30+ girls) had constructed became null and void.

Nice try, Alex, but no.

Fucker.