House asks for documents in Epstein probe from DOJ

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 8:08 pm CST, Friday, December 20, 2019

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — House Democrats asked for documents from federal prosecutors and Florida law enforcement officials on Friday as part of a probe into how financier Jeffrey Epstein received a secret plea deal more than a decade ago after he was accused of molesting underage girls.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, asking for all emails about the plea deal and how victims should have been notified.

Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Epstein's victims should have been consulted under federal law about the deal.

Epstein reached the deal in 2008 with then-Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's office to end the federal probe that could have landed him in prison for life. Epstein instead pleaded guilty to lesser state charges, spent 13 months in jail, paid financial settlements to victims and registered as a sex offender.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/House-asks-for-documents-in-Epstein-probe-from-DOJ-14922892.php

[Karadeniz]

1. Justice delayed is better than never.

[crickets]

2. K&R for visibility

[triron]

3. knr

[sandensea]

4. Coming up: more "suicides"

This is a little like when the House, you may recall, revived the Kennedy assassination conspiracy probe in 1976 - upon which an uncanny number of persons of interest began dying off in convenient accidents, suicides, or murders.

So many in fact, that former New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison referred to 1977 as "a bad year for many."

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Another DOJ investigation AG William Barr must recuse.

Donald Barr, the AG’s father, hired college drop-out Jeffrey Epstein to teach at The Dalton School an exclusive NYC college prep academy.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/donald-barr/