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"Prosecutors led by Alexander R. Acosta, who is now the secretary of labor, violated federal law when they failed to tell victims about an agreement not to prosecute Jeffrey E. Epstein, a wealthy New York financier accused of molesting dozens of underage girls..."
"The agreement not to pursue federal sex trafficking charges, negotiated in secret while prosecutors told victims that a case against Mr. Epstein was still possible, violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act...
"The court’s ruling on Thursday could nullify the non-prosecution agreement and subject Mr. Epstein and any co-conspirators in the case to new federal charges...

nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/…
The White House now says it's "looking into" the matter...

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
And yes, as of right this second, Alex Acosta is still a Trump cabinet official.
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Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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Remarkable op-ed from Elliot Richardson's top aide, JT Smith in the NYT today.
"Most people take for granted that both Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the attorney general, William Barr, accept the current Justice Department legal position — reached in a 2000 opinion — that a sitting president cannot be indicted...
"Yet since 1973, the Justice Department has revisited its position five times on the question of indicting a sitting president and reached different conclusions...
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Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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On pages 9-10 of this Congressional Research Service report...
fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R…
there's a fun haiku-esque approach to the criminal statutes potentially at issue here...
just to dot the i's and x the t's here:
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Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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Even if Alex Acosta were not a Trump cabinet official right now, this federal court ruling about his behavior in the Jeffrey Epstein case would/should put Acosta in headlines across the country.

documentcloud.org/documents/5745…
Julie K. Brown at the Miami Herald @jkbjournalist is the one who broke this open. Her story is the best one you'll see today summing up what has happened:

miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…
For the Epstein case itself, this is a breakthrough because for the first time, a court is confirming Epstein's serial abuse of multiple minor girls (a federal crime) in Florida, elsewhere in the US, and abroad.
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Byron Auguste
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Anyone ignoring this story should stop preening about their values.

U.S. Secretary of Labor oversees federal anti-human trafficking efforts: in what universe would this not be the top news story at least until he resigned?
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One in which entire Administration is saturated in criminality and political media (with honorable exceptions like @page88 @ananavarro @jbkjournalist @EmilyMichot) care more about women’s “likability” than rich rapists exploiting children with impunity. 😡miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
The two @MiamiHerald journalists who broke this story open late last year are @jkbjournalist and @EmilyMichot. And here's Former Deputy Secretary of Labor @ChrisLu44 discussing how relevant it is to this Cabinet job. 👀
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Cummings Issues Statement on Court Ruling Against Trump Administration Citizenship Question

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Manhattan DA sided with pedophile #Epstein after botching investigation nyp.st/2SiMQgY
The Manhattan DA’s office once went to bat for billionaire pervert Jeffrey Epstein, after botching a review of his sex crimes and swallowing his lawyers’ claim that “there are no real victims here,” records obtained by the Post show.
Assistant DA Jennifer Gaffney, then-deputy chief of #CyrusVanceJr.’s sex-crimes unit, in January 2011 asked a Manhattan judge to downgrade #Epstein’s status in the New York sex-offender registry from the most-dangerous Level 3 to Level 1.

The judge was stunned.
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Jeffrey Epstein is a free man, despite sexually abusing dozens of underage girls according to police and prosecutors. His victims have never had a voice, until now.
amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/art… ht @soychicka
On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami’s top federal prosecutor, Alexander Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay Lefkowitz.
It was an unusual meeting for the then-38-year-old prosecutor, a rising Republican star who had served in several White House posts before being named U.S. attorney in Miami by President George W. Bush.
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Matt Ferner
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Mitchell comes from one of the most overzealous prosecutor offices in the nation, County Atty Bill Montgomery’s
Montgomery’s office sought capital punishment so frequently the county ran out of specialized defense lawyers to handle death penalty cases in 2017. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Montgomery frequently fights against criminal justice reforms in his state. In 2013, Montgomery fought changes to the Arizona state bar rules that require prosecutors to turn over new evidence that suggests a defendant was wrongfully convicted.
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Last month, the FBI released heavily redacted memos on the Epstein probe, and one offered a hint as to the reason for his lenient treatment:

“Epstein has also provided information to the FBI as agreed upon.”  thedailybeast.com/how-did-trump-…
It’s unclear what dirt he might have given the feds. Epstein was once a limited partner at Bear Stearns and abruptly quit in 1981. Around the time of his plea deal, the investment bank’s role in the subprime mortgage crisis could have been of great interest to the feds
Trump was among the child molestor's admirers. “I’ve known Jeff for 15yrs. Terrific guy,”

“He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
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