When billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested this past weekend on new charges that he sexually trafficked, exploited, and abused young teenage girls, attention turned (again) to now-Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s role in shielding Epstein from federal prosecution for similar charges more than a decade ago. And now, calls for him to step down from his cabinet position are growing.
how Acosta “allowed Epstein’s lawyers unusual freedoms in dictating the terms of the non-prosecution agreement” :
The pact required Epstein to plead guilty to two prostitution charges in state court. Epstein and four of his accomplices named in the agreement received immunity from all federal criminal charges. But even more unusual, the deal included wording that granted immunity to “any potential co-conspirators’’ who were also involved in Epstein’s crimes.
These accomplices or participants were not identified in the agreement, leaving it open to interpretation whether it possibly referred to other influential people who were having sex with underage girls at Epstein’s various homes or on his plane.the deal would be kept from the victimsAs a result, the non-prosecution agreement was sealed until after it was approved by the judge, thereby averting any chance that the girls — or anyone else — might show up in court and try to derail it.
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