Thread by @AliAdair22

📰 Julie K. Brown’s series on the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes was entered in 2 categories for the Pulitzer Prize: investigative reporting and local reporting.

It didn’t even make the finals in either category despite arguably being the reason for Epstein’s arrest.j

After Epstein served his time in a private wing of the Palm Beach County Stockade, most of the press coverage consisted of tabloid-type pictures of him and girls who looked underage.

Until the @MiamiHerald and @jkbjournalist came around.

miamiherald.com/topics/jeffrey…

It was alleged in Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit that Epstein instructed her to have sex with Dershowitz.

Dershowitz strongly denied the allegations. He also attacked Brown & @MiamiHerald although Brown said in her book, “In hindsight, I wish I had included more about Dershowitz.”

https://twitter.com/aliadair22/status/1008925420673224704

For instance, Brown says she could have included inconsistencies in Dershowitz’s depositions, times he was on Epstein’s planes, time spent at Epstein’s homes, or asking Epstein to review book manuscripts.

📕 Or—Brown says she could have mentioned that at least one other woman claimed that Epstein ordered her to have sex with Dershowitz.

It’s a really good book. But Brown should have at least made the finals for the Pulitzer Prize.

📕 Julie K. Brown: “But it truly didn’t matter to me all that much. I was aiming for something greater than a Pulitzer: justice.”

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story amazon.com/dp/006300058X/…