Epstein Secrets

ne 2007. However, at the request ofEpstein’s lawyers, the indictment was never presented to a federal grand jury. 25. Instead, then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alexander Acosta, negotiated a plea deal with Epstein’s team of lawyers to grant immunity to Epstein (along with four named co-conspirators and any

of his co-conspirators, and the identities of the victims have already been exposed, the need for grand jury secrecy is no more. See United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 310 U.S. 150, 234 (1940) (“[A]fter the grand jury’s functions are ended, disclosure is wholly proper where the ends ofjustice require it.”). WHEREFO

ghts for crime victi~s, including th~ right i fo be informed about plea agreements and the right to appear at sentencing. :U.S. District Judge fot the Southern District of Florida, Kenneth A. Marra, ruled in 2019 that federal prosecutors violated the CVRA by faili_ng to notify Epstein's victi111s b~f9re allowing him to p)ead g

f time that has passed, and the widely reported nature ofthis miscarriage ofjustice, there is no additional need for maintaining secrecy. See U.S. v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 310 U.S. 150,.234 (1940) (“[A]fter the grand juty’s functions are ended, disclosure is wholly proper where the ends ofjustice require it.”). 112. Co

007. However, at the request of Epstein's lawyers, the indictment was never presented to a federal grand jury. 25. Instead, then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alexander Acosta, negotiated a plea deal with Epstein's team of lawyers to grant immunity to Epstein (along with four named co-conspirators and an

of his co-conspirators, and the identities of the victims have already been exposed, the need for grand jury secrecy is no more. See United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 310 U.S. 150, 234 (1940) (“[A]fter the grand jury’s functions are ended, disclosure is wholly proper where the ends ofjustice require it.”). WHEREFO