Epstein Secrets

175 Epstein’s state guilty plea.250 As U.S. Attorney, Acosta had the authority to resolve the case in this manner, but OPR concludes that in light of all the surrounding circumstances, his decision to do so r

that I spoke with him, you know, there had been all of this . . . letter writing or all of these concerns and instructions that I had been given by Alex [Acosta] and Jeff [Sloman] not to disclose things further and not to have any involvement in victim notification, and so I felt like that prohibited me from

otify the victims, “OPR identified no reason why Secretary Acosta should have distrusted his team on these points.”

heard at plea proceedings. The 2011 revision remedied this omission. 242 Department had made its “best efforts in thousands of federal and District of Columbia cases to assert, support, and defend crime victims’ rights.” The response also referenced OLC’s December 2010 opinion concluding that CVRA rights

cute Epstein, maintaining he committed no federal crimes. However, following a September 7, 2007 meeting with Epstein's defense team, U.S. Attorney Alexander R. Acosta" notified Epstein's team that "our Office [has] decided to proceed with the indictment." 3 Despite this statement, the former U.S. Attorney subseque

ediate" threat of future CVRA violations. Id. at 1328. Third, the court rejected Ms. Wild's requests for a victim-impact hearing and a meeting with Acosta on the grounds that it lacked jurisdiction over Acosta, that she had already had the opportunity to participate in an Epstein- related hearing in N

herever possible. Our charge here is simply to resolve the parties' dispute, not to answer questions that don't (and can't) affect the outcome. Cf. District of Columbia v. Wesby, — U.S. -, 138 S. Ct. 577. 589 n.7. 199 L.Ed.2d 453 (2018) (encouraging courts addressing qualified-immunity cases to bypass the merits o

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