Epstein Secrets

But Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Donald = Trump's biggest defenders in Congress, is taking a different ap- proach. In an interview with the Miami Her- ald this week, Gaetz said re-examining Acosta’s handling of Epstein’ case, which came under increased scrutiny after the Herald's three-part series Per-

supporters and attracts national attention for his defense of the president's policies and rhetoric. Gaetz is currently the subject of an inquiry by the Florida Bar after posting a tweet that critics said ap- peared to be threatening toward for- mer Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. The tweet, which was later deleted,

e generally Am. Home Assurance Co. v. Plaza Materials Coro. 908 So.2d 360, 374 (Fla. 2005)("not every statutory violation carries a civil remedy"); Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. Ferre, 636 F.Supp. 970 (S.D. Fla. 1985)(violation of Florida's criminal extortion statute does not give rise to civil cause of ' Florida St

00175324 Case 9:08-cv-80811-KAM Document 35 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/07/2009 Page 7 of 7 v. Epstein, et al. By: ROBERT D. RITTON, JR., ESQ. Florida Bar o. 224162 rcrit@bcIcl w.com MICHAEL J. PIKE, ESQ. Florida Bar #617296 moikeebdclaw.com BURMAN, CRITTON, LUTTIER & COLEMAN 515 N. Flagler Drive,

nd of another AUSA whom Villafaña was then dating, but had no professional relationship with either Villafaña or the other AUSA. 144 For example, the Miami Herald’s November 2018 investigative report stated that “on the morning of the breakfast meeting, a deal was struck—an extraordinary plea agreement that woul

(d) prohibits a lawyer from engaging in conduct in connection with the practice of law that is prejudicial to the administration of justice. In Florida Bar v. Frederick, 756 So. 2d 79, 87 (Fla. 2000), the court noted that FRPC 4-8.4(d) is not limited to conduct that occurs in a judicial proceeding, but

stitution charges,” immunized from prosecution Epstein’s co-conspirators, and concealed from Epstein’s victims the terms of the NPA. Following the Miami Herald’s report, and after receiving a Congressional request to investigate, OPR initiated an investigation into the allegations that prosecutors in the USAO

statements by omission of material facts in his representations [to counsel].” Florida Bar v. Joy, 679 So. 2d 1165, 1166-68 (Fla. 1996). See also Florida Bar re Webster, 647 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 1994) (petition for reinstatement denied due to “misrepresentation by omission”). 442 In Feinberg, 760 So. 2d