House panel to question former Trump official who oversaw Epstein's plea deal

[Uncle Joe]

The House Oversight Committee also issued a subpoena to Jeffrey Epstein's estate, seeking any records that "could be reasonably construed to be a potential list of clients."

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Acosta was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 2008 when the office reached a secret non-prosecution agreement with Epstein, who wound up pleading guilty to state charges involving a single underage victim, protecting him from federal prosecution.

A Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility investigation found it was Acosta who “made the pivotal decision to resolve the federal investigation of Epstein through a state-based plea and either developed or approved the terms of the initial offer to the defense that set the beginning point for the subsequent negotiations that led” to the non-prosecution agreement.

The November 2020 report also found that Acosta’s top lieutenants went around the FBI, the federal prosecutor investigating the case and the victims by making an offer for Epstein to plead to state charges.

The deal resulted in Epstein’s serving 13 months in a Palm Beach County jail, where he was allowed to leave almost daily through a work-release program and have his own private security detail. He could have faced up to life behind bars had he been convicted in a federal complaint that was shelved as a result of the deal.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-committee-former-trump-official-alex-acosta-epstein-probe-plea-rcna227083

[SleeplessinSoCal]

1. This could be very interesting.

Depending on how deteriorated Trump appears at the time.

[malaise]

2. Jeffrey will bring him down

That is all