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

eptical, 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 decisions related to the sente

can come away from this with anything other than an impression that Justice is taking its orders from the president and pandering to the president," McCord said. "This is causing lasting and long-term damage to the department's reputation and credibility." It can be common for prosecutors to disagree a

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

can come away from this with anything other than an impression that Justice is taking its orders from the president and pandering to the president," McCord said. "This is causing lasting and long-term damage to the department's reputation and credibility." It can be common for prosecutors to disagree a

eptical, 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 decisions related to the sente

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

eptical, 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 decisions related to the sente

can come away from this with anything other than an impression that Justice is taking its orders from the president and pandering to the president," McCord said. "This is causing lasting and long-term damage to the department's reputation and credibility." It can be common for prosecutors to disagree a