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1. A judge just ruled that Trump’s current Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta violated the law by giving a sweetheart non-prosecution deal to serial sex offender Jeffery Epstein and hid the deal from the many young female victims Epstein assaulted/abused . . .
2. Every federal prosecutor knows that the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) requires that victims be consulted about any proposed plea agreement. In fact, if a victim disagrees with a proposed plea agreement, the CVRA gives the victim the right to object to and oppose the deal...
3. If a victim objects, then the judge must decide whether to allow or disallow the prosecutor to resolve the case with the proposed plea deal. Moreover, if the judge allows the plea deal over the victim’s objection, the victim has a right to appeal the judge’s decision...
4. When the CVRA was enacted in 2004 it was a huge leap forward for victims’ rights.The criminal justice system is supposed to honor and respect victims while fairly treating those accused of crimes. Acosta’s criminal behavior vis-à-vis the victims of Epstein’s sex crimes is...
5. a special kind of evil. Acosta broke the law by keeping crime victims in the dark while doing obscene favors for an ultra-rich, ultra-privileged, despicable child-sex-abuser, Jeffrey Epstein. At a MINIMUM, Acosta should lose his cabinet position. He MUST be held accountable.
