Posted on 07/11/2019 11:23:56 AM PDT by Hojczyk
One intriguing aspect of Alex Acosta’s extraordinarily lenient treatment of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is Acosta’s meeting with one of Epstein’s lawyers — Jay Lefkowitz, a Washington, DC power broker and former law firm colleague. The meeting did not occur at the U.S. Attorney’s office, as is customary, but at a hotel far away from that office.
Acosta addressed this matter yesterday. He said the deal had already been reached by the time he met with Lefkowitz. The only result of the meeting, he claimed, was an addendum that added a provision favorable to the prosecution.
Implicit in Acosta’s answer is the admission that a negotiation that results in a deal like Epstein’s, or in any material benefit to the defendant, should occur at the U.S. Attorney’s office. Again, this is standard practice, I’m told.
However, according to Julie Brown, the Miami Herald reporter whose story reopened this matter, there was more to the meeting with Lefkowitz than Acosta let on yesterday. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Brown said that, although the basic deal had been reached before the Acosta-Lefkowitz meeting, important details were discussed when they met away from the U.S. attorneys office.
In particular, there was the matter of victim notification. Brown told Tapper that this matter was, in fact, discussed at the Acosta-Lefkowitz meeting. She cited a note Lefkowitz sent to Acosta memorializing their agreement on victim notification (or the lack thereof) and thanking him for it.
Acosta’s unwillingness to notify victims of the plea agreement is a key component of this scandal.
If Brown is right, Acosta agreed to this violation of law (which, given how bad the deal was, served his interests as well as Epstein’s) at an exceptional meeting with Epstein’s lawyer away from the U.S. Attorney’s office.
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Were these guys also raping the slaves like Bill Clinton did?
A US Attorney acting in a sleazy fashion?
What are the odds?
Somebody above Acosta had to approve the deal. He was a U.S. Attorney, working under the direction of the DOJ. He had to report to someone, and justify it. Who was it?
Be a real shame if this invalidates the NPA. That would be a real shame.
Who told him to stand down because Peckerstein was a intelligence asset?
Just a stupid attempt to drag down the President. Sure,I think the justice system is BS,but the timing of all of this is purely for one reason as a Hail Mary. If there was anything to this,it would have come out blazing during the election. The goal is to destroy Trump 2020 by a 1000 cuts especially geared to the banshee woman vote.
The story is that Epstein was the intelligence asset. I read today he had helped Feds with the investigation into the Bear Stearns investment bank fraud case.
Acosta is squeaky clean. Anyone who says differenntly has not listened to his sworn and provable testimony.
Miami Herald’s articles were good.
But they were meant to damage Trump.
This is being lead by the nose.
She was wrong about when the breakfast meeting took place.
She’s changing her reporting after being shown to have been wrong.
Then why did he illegally agree not to notify the victims?
Secretary Acosta explained that in his Press Conference. The “judge” who (without reviewing the evidence) claimed that the non-notification was “illegal” was wrong.
Did you miss it?
IMHO, we don’t need FRiends joining the Democrat’s LYNCH MOB.
I thought Epstein was on trial? The media is corrupt to the core.
I am amazed at how few Freepers paid attention to that speech.
Yep - that’s the one part of the story so many keep ignoring...
Try Melatonin. It works for me.
You saying you’d rather sleep through such an interesting time in history?
Hell no. Trump is just starting to run the table. You can see it in his eyes. Sometimes one needs some shut-eye.
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