Epstein Secrets

rs to the SDFL, and the core terms and text of the agreement are limited to the SDFL. The prefatory language states: "THEREFORE, on the authority of R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, prosecution in this District for these offenses shall be deferred in favor of pr

ether in Florida or elsewhere). The final substantive paragraph of the NPA states that "Epstein hereby requests that the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida defer [...] prosecution." It is well settled in the Second Circuit that "a plea agreement in one U.S. Attorney's office does not, unless otherwise

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ith of rape and kept Rush Limbaugh out of prison for his alleged illegal drug use—and Jay Lefkowitz, a defense attorney who'd worked with US attorney R. Alexander Acosta at Ken Starr's law firm. And so in September, the US attorney's office reached a for- mal agreement with Epstein’s team: the United States wo

deed, the NPA's plain terms directly limit the agreement to "this District." See NPA at 2 (noting that the agreement was signed "on the authority of R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida" and requires that "prosecution in this District for [various federal offenses]

till potentially be pursued in other districts, such as the Southern District of New York . . .."); DE 205-2 at 8-9 ("a number of districts outside the Southern District of Florida (e.g., the Southern District of New York ...) share jurisdiction and venue with the Southern District of Florida over potential federal criminal ch