Epstein Secrets

chapter shall be construed to impair the prosecutorial discretion of the Attorney General or any officer under his direction." In United States 1. Thetford, 935 F. Supp. 2d 1280 (N.D. Ala. 2013), victims of a boat theft sought to reopen the defendant's guilty plea. The victims complained that the FBI f

d period, in and around January 2008, there can be no dispute that Epstein's attorneys aggressively sought review of the NPA at higher levels within the Department of Justice, seeking relief from the obligations Epstein had undertaken in that agreement. First, he raised challenges to the United States Attorney's exercise

chapter shall be construed to impair the prosecutorial discretion of the Attorney General or any officer under his direction." In United States v. Thetford, 935 F. Supp. 2d 1280 (N.D. Ala. 2013), victims of a boat theft sought to reopen the defendant's guilty plea. The victims complained that the FBI f

d period, in and around January 2008, there can be no dispute that Epstein's attorneys aggressively sought review of the NPA at higher levels within the Department of Justice, seeking relief from the obligations Epstein had undertaken in that agreement. First, he raised challenges to the United States Attorney's exercise

hin the meaning of the CVRA. As such, they have standing to assert rights under the CVRA, as they have done in this case. See e.g. United States v. Thetford, F. Supp. 2d , 2013 WL 1309851 (ND. Ala. 2013). Presented with these claims, the court is obligated to decide whether, as crime victims, petition

fied. The court will not embrace such a strained construction of the statute. 5 The government acknowledges that the USAO/SDFL has been recused by the Department of Justice for prospective responsibility of any further criminal investigation or potential prosecution of Epstein relating to his alleged sexual activities w

chapter shall be construed to impair the prosecutorial discretion of the Attorney General or any officer under his direction." In United States v. Thetford, 935 F. Supp. 2d 1280 (N.D. Ala. 2013), victims of a boat theft sought to reopen the defendant's guilty plea. The victims complained that the FBI f

d period, in and around January 2008, there can be no dispute that Epstein's attorneys aggressively sought review of the NPA at higher levels within the Department of Justice, seeking relief from the obligations Epstein had undertaken in that agreement. First, he raised challenges to the United States Attorney's exercise

> See, e.g., id. at 17-19 (providing examples of the Justice Department's prosecution of state and local officials). 56 Td

seek review of prosecutors' decisions within the Department of Justice hierarchy, although it also explicitly bars judic

- victims - to prosecute alleged criminal wrongdoing. Redundant charging authority takes other forms as well. In large hierarchical agencies such as the U.S. Department of Justice, internal administrative review of front-line prosecutors’ charging or declination decisions by higher-ups creates a version of redundant enforcement

hat there shall be no judicial review of the final decision of the Attorney General by a complainant." Id. § 3771(f)(2)(D); see also United States v. Thetford, 935 F. Supp. 2d 1280, 1282 (ND. Ala. 2013) ("These rights, however, do not extend to giving crime victims veto power over the prosecutor's discretio