Epstein Secrets

e offense, see Blinder, supra note 52; Michael S. Schmidt & Matt Apuzzo, Officer Is Charged with Murder of

onvincing Congress to expand their discretion at the expense of judges' sentencing authority, see United States v. Kupa, 976 F. Supp. 2d 417, 419-27 (E.D.N.Y. 2013) (describing the legislative history and Justice Department lobbying related to federal drug statutes, notably 27 U.S.C. § 841 (2012)). 218 See

(S.D.N.Y. 2005) has been a party to lawsuits in the South- ern District of New York, both as a plain- tiff and defendant.

v. 2424(CSH), 1996 WL 363128, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. June 28, 1996) (quoting Hecht v. Commerce Clearing House, 897 F.2d 21, 26 n. 4 (2d Cir.1990)); see also Schmidt v. Fleet Bank, 16 F.Supp.2d 340, 354 (S.D.N.Y.1998) (“Bare and conclusory alle- gations are insufficient to withstand a mo- tion to dismiss and a pla

to hear that Judge Berman fully understands what our clients are going through in the Bureau of Prisons at this time, especially in MCC and MDC," Schmidt said. While Judge Berman didn't explicitly tie Morgan's sentence of time served, three months of home confinement and four years of supervised re

by Sam A. Schmidt. The case is U.S. v. Morgan et al., case number 1:19-cr-00209, in the U.S. District EFTA00025386 --- PAGE BREAK --- Court for the Southern District of New York. --Additional reporting by Frank G. Runyeon. Editing by Amy Rowe. EFTA00025387

447 U.S. 727 (1980) 20 United States v. Pena, 961 F.2d 333 (2d Cir. 1992) 25 United States v. Russell, 411 U.S. 423 (1973) 21 United States v. Schmidt, 105 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1997) 23 Wang v. Reno, 81 F.3d 808 (9th Cir. 1996) 2 Young v. United States, 481 U.S. 787 (1987) 24 Other Authorities St

on first began. None of these statements by AUSA to Judge McMahon were true. As described above, attorneys pressed the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York to investigate and prosecute Epstein and Maxwell. Ex. J. Then, two months after the meeting with AUSA attorneys told Judge Sweet—who was presiding

447 U.S. 727 (1980) 20 United States v. Pena, 961 F.2d 333 (2d Cir. 1992) 25 United States v. Russell, 411 U.S. 423 (1973) 21 United States v. Schmidt, 105 F.3d 82 (2d Cir. 1997) 23 Wang v. Reno, 81 F.3d 808 (9th Cir. 1996) 2 Young v. United States, 481 U.S. 787 (1987) 24 Other Authorities St

on first began. None of these statements by AUSA to Judge McMahon were true. As described above, attorneys pressed the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York to investigate and prosecute Epstein and Maxwell. Ex. J. Then, two months after the meeting with AUSA attorneys told Judge Sweet—who was presiding