aled — including a detailed criminal complaint — so that “no one . . . could know the full scope of Epstein’s crimes and who else was involved.” Jd. The Miami Herald’s reporting has also had serious political ramifications. As the Miami Herald has reported, “[t]he U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, was person

ation announced Tuesday winners of the 69th annual Hillman Prizes, recognizing a Reuters exposé of slum-like living conditions on U.S military bases, the Miami Herald’s investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal with serial sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, and NBC News and MSNBC’s reporting on the T

ation announced Tuesday winners of the 69th annual Hillman Prizes, recognizing a Reuters exposé of slum-like living conditions on U.S military bases, the Miami Herald’s investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal with serial sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, and NBC News and MSNBC’s reporting on the T

n announced Tuesday winners of the 69th annual Hillman Prizes, recognizing a Reuters exposé of slum-like living conditions on U.S military bases, the Miami Herald’s investigation into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s sweetheart deal with serial sex abuser, Jeffrey Epstein, and NBC News and MSNBC’s reporting on the T

But Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Donald = Trump's biggest defenders in Congress, is taking a different ap- proach. In an interview with the Miami Her- ald this week, Gaetz said re-examining Acosta’s handling of Epstein’ case, which came under increased scrutiny after the Herald's three-part series Per-

deal, federal prosecutors had gathered enough evidence against Epstein to write a 53-page federal indictment, court records show. An investigation by the Miami Her- ald, "Perversion of Justice," found that after Acosta met privately with one of Epstein's lawyers, the govemment agreed to seal the plea agreement so tha

two prostitution charges,” immunized from prosecution Epstein’s co-conspirators, and concealed from Epstein’s victims the terms of the NPA. Following the Miami Herald’s report, and after receiving a Congressional request to investigate, OPR. initiated an investigation into the allegations that prosecutors in the USAO

nd of another AUSA whom Villafaña was then dating, but had no professional relationship with either Villafaña or the other AUSA. 144 For example, the Miami Herald’s November 2018 investigative report stated that “on the morning of the breakfast meeting, a deal was struck—an extraordinary plea agreement that woul

nonprosecution agreement, thereby violating their right to be informed under the Crime Victims' Rights Act. That decision came several months after The Miami Herald published an investigative series that said Acosta gave Epstein the deal in exchange for a guilty plea to lesser state charges. The unusually EFTA

n trafficking. ABC. Will new law protect women from sex trafficking? The Ringer. How Sex Ms Became a Battleground for the Future of the Internet. Miami Herald. He pimped a minor at Santa's Enchanted Forest. He got slapped with federal prison. Yahoo Lifestyle. Women's March lambasted for criticizing shutdo

seal the Summary Judgment Judicial Documents is Denied...444 VII. Conclusion...447 Third-party proposed intervenors The Miami Herald Media Company (the "Miami Herald") and investigative journalist for the Miami Herald Julie Brown ("Brown") (collectively, the "Intervenors"), have moved pursuant to Federal Rule of

stigation into how Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta handled a 2008 investigation into an underage sex trafficking ring when he was a U.S. attorney. The Miami Herald reported in November that Acosta and another prosecutor worked with lawyers for billionaire Jeffrey Epstein to keep the public eye off the case an