Federal Judge Just Ruled that Prosecutors Under Trump’s Sec Labor, Broke Law in Jeffrey Epstein Case
In a bombshell ruling, a Federal Judge has ruled that the prosecutors who gave billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein a sweetheart did, broke the law.
By Matt Agorist
TheFreeThoughtProject.com
February 23, 2019
Miami, FL — On Thursday, a federal judge made a bombshell ruling which stated that the prosecutors who worked under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta—now Trump’s Labor Secretary—broke the law when handling the case of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
According to the ruling, the prosecutors acted illegally when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage victims who had been sexually abused by the New York hedge fund manager.
“The government aligned themselves with Epstein, working against his victims, for 11 years,’’ Brad Edwards, who represents Courtney Wild — Jane Doe No. 1 in the case — said. “Yes, this is a huge victory, but to make his victims suffer for 11 years, this should not have happened. Instead of admitting what they did, and doing the right thing, they spent 11 years fighting these girls.’’
This ruling is certainly a victory for Epstein’s victims, however, as the Miami Herald reported late Thursday, the federal judge, Kenneth A. Marra, stopped short of overturning Epstein’s plea deal, or issuing an order resolving the case.
Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said prosecutors not only violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act by not informing the victims, they also misled the girls into believing that the FBI’s sex trafficking case against Epstein was still ongoing — when in fact, prosecutors had secretly closed it after sealing the plea bargain from the public record.
Instead of overturning the plea deal, the judge gave federal prosecutors 15 days to seek a settlement between Epstein’s victims and their attorneys. However, the victims were not seeking any type of monetary damages as part of the suit and merely wanted some light shined into the darkness.
When the follow up lawsuit was scheduled to begin in December—which implicated a member of the British Royal Family—it was over before it started as the billionaire effectively hushed everyone by throwing an untold sum of money at them.
This new ruling, however, paves the way for a new case as it exposes crimes of federal prosecutors.
“As a legal matter, the non-prosecution agreement entered into by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida does not bind other U.S. Attorneys in other districts. They are free, if they conclude it is appropriate to do so, to bring criminal actions against Mr. Epstein and his co-conspirators,’’ said lawyer David Boies, representing two of Epstein’s victims who claim they were trafficked by Epstein in New York and other areas of the country.
According to the Herald, it’s not clear whether the victims, now in their late 20s and early 30s, can, as part of the settlement, demand that the government prosecute Epstein. But others are calling on the Justice Department to take a new look at the case in the wake of the judge’s ruling.
As TFTP has reported, Epstein is a convicted child molester and sexually abused no less than 40 underage girls. Despite this fact, Acosta protected him while serving as a U.S. Attorney in Florida.
Instead of going to prison for life, as he should’ve considering the evidence against him, Epstein only got 13 months and was allowed to stay in the Palm Beach County Jail in his own private cell where he was allowed to leave the prison six days a week for “work release”. Epstein was forced to register as a sex offender for life, but with his money and his connections he doesn’t seem too bothered. He currently resides on his private island in the Virgin Islands.
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