All Epstein all the time…
In November 2020 DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility reviewed the non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with Epstein that was reached by then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alex Acosta, with Epstein in 2007.
That NPA allowed Epstein to pretty much skate on both state and federal sex crimes charges, allowing him to continue his crimes for another twelve years. An NPA is apparently different than a plea agreement, which would have required Epstein to actually plead guilty to a crime.
Sweet deal indeed. Alex Acosta, of course, was later appointed Trump’s Labor Secretary.
During the course of its investigation, OPR obtained and reviewed hundreds of thousands of records from the USAO, the FBI, and other Department components, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Criminal Division, and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys.
The records included emails, letters, memoranda, and investigative materials.
OPR also collected and reviewed materials relating to the state investigation and prosecution of Epstein.
OPR also examined extensive publicly available information, including depositions, pleadings, orders, and other court records, and reviewed media reports and interviews, articles, podcasts, and books relating to the Epstein case.
In addition to this extensive documentary review, OPR conducted more than 60 interviews of witnesses, including the FBI case agents, their supervisors, and FBI administrative personnel; current and former USAO staff and attorneys; current and former Department attorneys and senior managers, including a former Deputy Attorney General and a former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division; and the former State Attorney and former Assistant State Attorney in charge of the state investigation of Epstein. OPR also interviewed several victims and attorneys representing victims, and reviewed written submissions from victims, concerning victim contacts with the USAO and the FBI.
So instead of the weak gesture of calling for the grand jury testimony, which by now we all see will be a difficult ask of the courts, why shouldn’t AG Bondi just release all of the above?
Seems like the work has already been done to give the people what they want. And what they were promised.
How about it?