Epstein Secrets

ormer U.S. Attorney Defends Epstein's 2008 Plea Deal in Hours-Long Appearance on Capitol Hill CNN (09/21, Grayer) reported that former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta defended his 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein during a six-hour closed-door session with the House Oversight Committee, arguing the decision was

decision was based on concerns about losing at trial and whether the case should be handled federally or locally. Democrats on the panel criticized Acosta as "not credible," noting he refused to call the arrangement a "sweetheart deal" despite testimony that about 40 women had come forward with abuse a

is handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and was recently involved in a White House effort to address EFTA01655440 "improper ideology" at Smithsonian properties. Additional reporting on the story was provided by ABC News (09/20, Faulders), The Associated Press (09/20, Richer, Kinnard), The Daily M

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tein drama struck and then I just shut it down. 14 Not -- I shut it down because I didn't 15 want what was happening to hurt any -- the 16 Smithsonian or Nat Geo or the -- I just couldn't let 17 everything be hurt by what was happening to me. 18 TODD BLANCHE: Do you know Jean-Luc 19 Brun