Epstein Secrets

ty fines over money-laundering and mortgage-securities scandals. Also hanging over Deutsche Bank was its longtime role as lender to former President Donald Trump, which put the bank in the middle of political fights and congressional investigations. Last year, the New York Department of Financial Services fi

ongtime role as lender to former President Donald Trump, which put the bank in the middle of political f

s its longtime role as lender to former President Donald Trump, which put the bank in the middle of polit

nd DOJ policy has long contemplated the use of taint teams in circumstances in which difficult privilege issues are likely to arise.[[] Pursuant to the Justice Manual, the requirements are fairly minimal: The taint team must include only lawyers and agents not on the prosecution team; the team must not disclose ma

influential contacts, including William Clinton, Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey, and Alan Dershowitz, and ot

he deal—called a non-prosecution agreement—essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe . . . .” Julie K. Brown, “Perversion of Justice: How a future Trump cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime,” Miami Herald, Nov. 28, 2018. The NPA, however, was finalized and signed 91

th the beginning of the federal investigation, identified him as a wealthy Palm Beach resident with influential contacts, including William Clinton, Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey, and Alan Dershowitz, and other “prominent businessmen, academics and scientists.”210 Villafaña, Lourie, Sloman, and Acosta learned

e prosecution in any case referred directly to 189 In 2018, the USAM was revised and reissued as the Justice Manual. In assessing the subjects’ conduct, OPR relies upon the standards of conduct in effect at the time of the events in issue. Accordingly, unless ot

er failed efforts to settle the case, the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment remained pending for more than a year. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Secretary of Labor. At his March 2017 confirmation hearing, Acosta was questioned only briefly about the Epstein case. On

ed to the President his resignation as 4 See, e.g., Ashley Collman, “Stunning new report details Trump’s labor secretary’s role in plea deal for billionaire sex abuser,” The Business Insider, Nov. 29, 2018; Cynthia McFadden, “New Focus on Trump Labor

ing for more than a year. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Secretary of Labor.

prosecution policies, legislation, government practices, and agency regulations. The U.S. Attorneys’ Manual (USAM) (revised in 2018 and renamed the Justice Manual) is a compilation of Department rules, policies, and guidance governing the conduct of Department employees. It includes requirements for approval