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The Jeffrey Epstein Case Is Like Nothing I’ve Seen Before
The Atlantic ^ | July 9, 2019 | Ken White

Posted on 07/09/2019 2:47:59 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian

Jeffrey Epstein is accustomed to having an entourage meet his private jet at the airport; he’s just not used to it being made up of FBI agents. Last Saturday, the billionaire and registered sex offender returned from a trip to Paris only to be arrested. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, famously aggressive in pursuing high-profile prosecutions, charged Epstein last week with child sex trafficking in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591. These new charges represent the Department of Justice’s attempt to redeem a reputation soiled by the extremely questionable plea deal it gave Epstein in 2008.

In 2006 and 2007, Epstein—once a reliable companion of the well connected—faced extensive, detailed allegations that he paid multiple minors for sexual contact and for their services in procuring other minors. Most people, hammered with that kind of evidence, would spend the rest of their lives in prison. But Epstein could afford the lavish attention of a defense team staffed by legal luminaries such as Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr. Most of us hope an attorney will defend us competently at trial, but the superrich can afford to go on the offense. Epstein’s lawyers hounded the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, which was considering federal charges, based on reports that Epstein had procured underage girls across state lines. Former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta—now President Donald Trump’s secretary of labor—characterized the tactic as a “year-long assault on the prosecution and prosecutors,” and complained that Epstein’s team investigated prosecutors and their families, “looking for personal peccadilloes that may provide a basis for disqualification.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: acosta; acostaepstein; dershowitz; dsj02; epstein; jepstein; jepsteincase; starr
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Ken White is a former federal prosecutor and a criminal lawyer in Los Angeles. I've generally found his reporting on legal issues to be reliable.

There is a lot more at the link, and it's worth reading.

1 posted on 07/09/2019 2:47:59 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Well ken, it’s like this see..........


2 posted on 07/09/2019 2:50:38 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

You mix a perv with a whole lot of money and you have an Epstein. There have been, and are, many others.


3 posted on 07/09/2019 2:50:57 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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Epstein got his townhouse in New York for.... FREE:

https://twitter.com/bponsot/status/1148304281616953345

Les Wexner, the CEO of L Brands (owns Victoria’s Secret) purchased the townhouse at 9 E 71st Street in 1989.

In 2011, it was transferred to Jeffrey Epstein’s Virgin Islands-based Maple Inc. for $0

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-08/the-mystery-around-jeffrey-epstein-s-fortune-and-how-he-made-it


4 posted on 07/09/2019 2:51:58 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Did you know?

Ghislaine Maxwell is one of Jeffrey Epstein’s main procurers of underage girls

She attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding

https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1148649423892860929

She’s also the daughter of a prominent Mossad spy.


5 posted on 07/09/2019 2:54:49 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

I hope we find out that the entire world is run by a thin layer of extremely well-connected people — and they are all sick perverts who have been looking out for each other.

Set of the guillotines. Scrape that layer away, and get a fresh start.


6 posted on 07/09/2019 3:05:22 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

When they realize there are hundreds of photos of Bill and Hillary the CD will suddenly become unreadable and junk.


7 posted on 07/09/2019 3:05:23 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: TigerClaws

Footage from 2016 inside the Epstein mansion:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3688656/A-fully-equipped-dentist-s-chair-close-photos-young-girls-backsides-eerie-images-videotaped-walk-billionaire-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-s-Florida-mansion.html


8 posted on 07/09/2019 3:15:23 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: eyeamok

I don’t know that the Clintons have that kind of clout anymore.

We’ll see.


9 posted on 07/09/2019 3:20:13 PM PDT by karnage
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To: Lurking Libertarian
"There is a lot more at the link, and it's worth reading."

Definitely an excellent post. It answers the questions about the statute of limitations and the scope of the FL nonprosecution agreement and gives supporting citations. Now it's possible to see how strong the current prosecution is and it's very strong. Anyone who's read my prior posts on this will see I had serious questions about the S of L and NPA issues.

There's also a serious point this article addresses, albeit indirectly, about Acosta, who was the U. S. Attorney at the time who signed off on the NPA. It looks to me like he was in the unpleasant position of a Lt. Col. who was pressured into doing something he didn't want to do by higher authority that could destroy him if he didn't. Remember, this was the action of the GWB administration and, sad to say, GWB and Clinton were tight as ticks, with Clinton flying around on Epstein's plane and Epstein supporting the Clinton Foundation, which GWB was also up to his eyeballs in. Indeed, the famiglia Bush was the Clintons' ethical laundry. As such, they'd have done their best to whore for Clinton by helping Epstein.

10 posted on 07/09/2019 3:27:39 PM PDT by libstripper
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Just the fact that Epstein’s lawyers want to make a deal tells you that it was strong.


11 posted on 07/09/2019 4:08:00 PM PDT by Lady Heron
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Just the fact that Epstein’s lawyers want to make a deal tells you that it was strong

The only evidence that the pervert legal team wants to make a deal is a quote from Jack Posobiac in Epoch Times.

They may very well want to make a deal, but it's way too soon for them to be discussing it with the government, because they don't know a) what the government has and b) what the government wants.

12 posted on 07/09/2019 4:16:32 PM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

They got him for transporting underage gulls across
a staid lion for an immortal porpoise.

Ya, heard that one before...


13 posted on 07/09/2019 4:19:32 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Lady Heron

Absolutely. This article shows how weak Epstein’s best defenses are.


14 posted on 07/09/2019 4:21:09 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: TigerClaws
Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975. In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Stearns,where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax strategies. Proving successful in his financial career, Epstein became a limited partner at Bear Stearns in 1980.

Epstein is a college dropout yet he was given a teaching job at the most prestigious college preparatory school in NYC (by headmaster Donald Barr, father of AG Barr) followed up by a job at one of the most powerful financial institutions on Wall Street.

Nice work if you can get it.

15 posted on 07/09/2019 4:27:34 PM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: eyeamok
"...and Hillary the CD will suddenly become unreadable and junk..."

One can only hope to God. An entire generation of people will intentionally gouge their own eyes out attempting to unsee what has been seen.

16 posted on 07/09/2019 4:34:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: karnage
I don’t know that the Clintons have that kind of clout anymore.

This, I believe, is the beginning of the destalinization (Clintons=Stalin) of the Democrats. They and their cronies must be swept aside so that the next generation can set itself up and receive the benefits of being on the top of the socialist heap. Who the "Khrushchev" will be is still up in the air, though if I had to guess Harris probably has the best odds.

17 posted on 07/09/2019 4:35:42 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
Wiki is being scrubbed, too.

Quite a bit more scrubbing going on after these were noted, too.

18 posted on 07/09/2019 5:16:47 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
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To: karnage

For this ? Their life depends on it


19 posted on 07/09/2019 5:19:56 PM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: EagleUSA

what about that rich dem donor who had not 1 but 2 black men
dead in his home. What became of him?


20 posted on 07/09/2019 5:45:27 PM PDT by funfan
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