Epstein Secrets

at In]othing in this chapter shall be construed to impair the prosecutorial discretion of the Attorney General or any officer under his direction."' Rubin, 558 F. Supp. 2d at 418 (quoting the CVRA). Simply stated, the CVRA "gives crime victims a voice but not a veto." United States v. Turner, 367 F. S

gestion in the statutory language that victims have a right independent of the government to prosecute a crime [or] set strategy." United States v. Rubin, 558 F. Supp. 2d 411, 417-18 (E.D.N.Y. 2008). "Quite to the contrary, the statute itself provides that In]othing in this chapter shall be construed

2005) (recognizing that the CVRA does not require notice of public court proceedings based on violations of state criminal law), and, in any event, AUSA Villafaila provided Petitioners with pre-hearing notice of those state proceeding — in which Epstein pled guilty to state criminal charges — upon the governme

that the victims were attempting to use the CVRA to obtain discovery from the defendant. Id. at 416, 425. With respect to certain CVRA rights, the Rubin court noted the lack of a remedy: The CVRA also lists among the rights secured to a victim the right to "be treated with fairness and with respect

s of Petitioners' Motion for Finding of Violations — does not always provide a remedy, even when a federal criminal case exists. In United States'. Rubin, 558 F. Supp. 2d 411 (E.D.N.Y. 2008), the district court treated the victims with a fair amount of skepticism, and noted that the government believ

tters in approximately June 2007 [Jane Doe #1] and August 2006 [Jane Doe #2) wherein they were advised of this right and given the phone numbers of AUSA Villafaila, FBI Special Agent Kuyrkendall, and the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime. The letters specifically advised that if the Petitioners

ly compromising its ability to be impartial to the government and defendant, the only true parties to the trial of the indictment." United States'. Rubin, 558 F. Supp. 2d 411, 428 (E.D.N.Y. 2008). 4 EFTA00177118 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 58 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/07/2011 Page 5 of 15 crim

llowed those other victims to participate while maintaining some semblance of privacy. Petitioners also reiterate baseless allegations made against AUSA Villafaila regarding the choice of the attorney-representative for the victims, despite knowing that: (1) the issue of the attorney-representative arose after