Epstein Secrets

mittee on Finance and Revenue and said it will hire a law firm to investigate him. Steve Thompson reports: "The council stopped short of stripping Evans of other committee assignments — with the embattled, longtime lawmaker casting a deciding vote. ... Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1), who voted in favo

ted by Democratic presidents and 12 by Republicans. The court still has one vacancy that Trump plans to fill. Bress, who once clerked for the late Antonin Scalia, was nominated to fill the vacancy left by • Kozinski, whom Kavanaugh once clerked for and who resigned in December 2017 amid allegations of sexual

mmittee on Finance and Revenue and said it will hire a law firm to investigate him. Steve Thompson reports: "The council stopped short of stripping Evans of other committee assignments — with the embattled, longtime lawmaker casting a deciding vote. ... Brianne K. Nadeau (D-Ward 1), who voted in favo

ated by Democratic presidents and 12 by Republicans. The court still has one vacancy that Trump plans to fill. Bress, who once clerked for the late Antonin Scalia, was nominated to fill the vacancy left by M Kozinski, whom Kavanaugh once clerked for and who resigned in December 2017 amid allegations of sexual

violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 2422(b) and 2423(b). Since the limited review conducted by CEOS, two Supreme Court decisions—one authored by Justice Scalia and the other by Justice Thomas—have revitalized the bedrock principles that federal criminal statutes must be narrowly construed, that they may not

or intimidation. These are the elements required by the statute, and they are not met here. Although CEOS could, perhaps, point to United States v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176 (11" Cir. 2007) as a case that, standing alone, involved wholly intrastate conduct, the facts of that case are far different in key re

s co-conspirators. None of this type of activity comes close to the facts regarding Mr. Epstein. Finally, but significantly, the prostitution ring in Evans was not, in fact, entirely intrastate as the companion case of one of the Evans co-defendants makes clear. See, United States v. Madison, 477 F.3d 13

dopted amendments to their own state constitutions, | which protect a wide range of victims’ rights. ® Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808, 834 (1991) (Scalia, J., concurring) (internal quotations omitted). See generally Douglas E. Beloof, Paul G. Cassell & Steven J. Twist, Victims in Criminal Procedure 638

ply. See United States v. Anati, 457 F.3d 233, 236-37 (2d Cir. 2006); United States v. Davenport, 445 F.3d 366, 371 (4th Cir. 2006); United States v. Evans-Martinez, 448 F.3d 1163, 1167 (9th Cir. 2006). The Third, Seventh, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits have held the opposite. See United States v. Irizarr

olations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 2422(b) and 2423(b). Since the limited review conducted by CEOS, two Supreme Court decisions—one authored by Justice Scalia and the other by Justice Thomas—have revitalized the bedrock principles that federal criminal statutes must be narrowly construed, that they may not

solicitation under State law. After all, prostitution, even when the allegations involve minors, is fundamentally a State concern, United States v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176, n.1 (11th Cir. 2007) (noting that federal law "does not criminalize all acts of prostitution (a vice traditionally governed by state