Epstein Secrets

o make an example out of me," he told U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman. "I'm not that example. I wasn't running around like a cowboy with a badge." Furman said he was moved by the agent's contrition but added that Gomez's betrayal of his badge had left a "stain on the Drug Enforcement Administration an

But some legal observers were skeptical, and the department declined to provide a more detailed account. Stone is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Feb. 20. Mary McCord, a former prosecutor and acting assistant attorney general for the department's national security division, said that decis

ut a term that long would be unjust, the judge said, given Gomez's public service and cooperation with the investigation. "People are complicated," Furman said, "and Mr. Gomez is a prime example of that." The judge said there are unanswered questions about why Gomez joined the DEA in 2011, where he wor

ut some legal observers were skeptical, and the department declined to provide a more detailed account. Stone is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Feb. 20. Mary McCord, a former prosecutor and acting assistant attorney general for the department's national security division, said that decis

o make an example out of me," he told U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman. "I'm not that example. I wasn't running around like a cowboy with a badge." Furman said he was moved by the agent's contrition but added that Gomez's betrayal of his badge had left a "stain on the Drug Enforcement Administration an

But some legal observers were skeptical, and the department declined to provide a more detailed account. Stone is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Feb. 20. Mary McCord, a former prosecutor and acting assistant attorney general for the department's national security division, said that decis