The Palm Beach federal court's finding that prosecutors violated the rights of Jeffrey Epstein's victims by failing to notify them that the govt would enter into a non-prosecution agreement with Epstein. It illustrates a v cozy relationship w the defense. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5746…
...the opinion also illustrates that, while working hand in glove with the defense, the prosecutors in Alex Acosta's U.S. Attorney's office developed no relationship whatsoever with the minor victims of Epstein's crimes.
As the prosecution and defense approach a deal, Alex Acosta himself gets involved, negotiating directly with Epstein's lead defense lawyer Jay Lefkowitz, and the results are--at least to me--stomach turning.
The year after the non-prosecution agreement with Epstein was signed, Acosta's US Attorney's office repeatedly misled victims and their attorneys to conceal the existence of the agreement.
This isn't just my gloss on the opinion, btw. The judge expressly found Acosta's office misled Epstein's victims--minors whom he sexually abused.
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