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pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
Wed May 15, 2019, 03:35 AM May 2019

Judge sets rapid pace to end fight over Jeffrey Epstein sweetheart deal

Source: Herald Mail Media

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — By August, a federal judge should have the information he needs to decide whether to throw out a controversial agreement that allowed billionaire Jeffrey Epstein to escape federal prosecution for having sex with teens at his Palm Beach mansion.

In an order on Monday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra set a brisk schedule for prosecutors and the young women’s attorneys to follow to help him unravel an unprecedented legal mess that was created in 2007 when the deal was inked.

Marra in February ruled that federal prosecutors violated the women’s rights by not conferring with them before deciding to shelve a 52-page federal indictment accusing Epstein, 66, of having sex with minors. However, while finding that prosecutors violated the federal Crime Victims Rights Act, Marra didn’t fashion a remedy.

Attorneys representing two of the politically connected money manager’s more than three dozen victims have long said they want the nonprosecution agreement to be thrown out.

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Judge sets rapid pace to end fight over Jeffrey Epstein sweetheart deal (Original Post) pnwmom May 2019 OP
If this case gets reopened I will donate $100 to the ACLU. watoos May 2019 #1
Are there any unindicted co-conspirators? FakeNoose May 2019 #2
Jeff and Donald keithbvadu2 May 2019 #3

keithbvadu2

(36,670 posts)
3. Jeff and Donald
Wed May 15, 2019, 03:28 PM
May 2019

Jeffrey Epstein, Roy Moore and Donald Trump are going to be happy to see this precedent.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142259606

Kansas judge calls teenage girls 'aggressors' in sex abuse case and gives defendant reduced sentence

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“I've known Jeff (Epstein) for 15 years. Terrific guy,'' Trump told New York Magazine back in 2002. "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."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141705027

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