Epstein Secrets

p priority in recent years, and Attorney General Holder (among other Justice Department leaders) has hig

trafficking a top priority in recent years, and Attorney General Holder (among other Justice Department leaders) has hig

he Justice Department, including detailed review by (among others) Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obsceni Section of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. On May 15, 2008, t a letter to Epstein's lawyers specifically upholding Mr. Acosta's decision to treat the girls as victims: "Pursuant to your re

Shortly after the Department released its opinion, one of the CVRA’s congressional sponsors, then-Senator Jon Kyl, sent a letter to Attorney General Enc Holder strenuously objecting to the Department’s conclusions. Senator Kyl directly stated his view that “[w]hen Congress enacted the ' Scott Campbell, Step

to a criminal defendant in similar circumstances. If prosecutors have sufficient information to provide notice 3 Letter from Jon Kyl, U.S. Sen., to Eric H. Holder, Jr., Att’y Gen. (June 6, 2011), reprinted in 157 Conc. REc. $3608 (daily ed. June 8, 2011) (statement of Sen. Jon Kyl). 4 18 USC. § 3771(c\(1). 5

This is a truncated and deceptive description of the legislative history, so much so that Senator Kyl sent an angry letter to Attorney General Eric Holder complaining about the distortion. On June 6, 2011, the Senator wrote to “express [his] surprise that [OLC is] so clearly quoting [his] remarks out of

, 2005 WL 2875220, at 4 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 7, 2005); Criminal Division's Victim Notification Program, U.S. Dep't of Justic

Shortly after the Department released its opinion, one of the CVRA's congressional sponsors, then-Senator Jon Kyl, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder strenuously objecting to the Department's conclusions. Senator Kyl directly stated his view that "when Congress enacted the [*62] CVRA, it intended t

? It was against that backdrop that Senator Kyl gave the example of conferring about proceedings "after charging." In his letter to Attorney General Holder, Senator Kyl also noted that he had: made clear that crime victims had rights under the CVRA even before an indictment is filed. For example, ... I

t proceedings "after charging." In his letter to Attorney General Holder, Senator Kyl also noted that he had: made clear

not to bring a case, how he and close friend Eric Holder Jr. years ago started a foundation that has helpe

ngton, Vermont, and find a federal prosecutor who is very smart, has a good case and is talented in court. In the Justice Department itself, there’s the Criminal Division, and the two litigating sections—the public integrity section, where | was for 10 years, and the fraud section. They’ve had their ups and downs. As a

ground. LD: Tell me a little about the See Forever Foundation and how it came into existence. RW: By accident of history, [former Attorney General] Eric Holder and | are extremely close. We grew up together in the Justice Department and had offices next to each other for many years in the public integrity se