EFTA00011475.pdf

"after the parents of a 14-year-old girl complained that Epstein had paid her for a massage... many instances, those massages led to sexual activity"

"The FBI brought the matter to an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA)... the AUSA submitted to her supervisors a draft 60-count indictment"

"ultimately negotiating the terms of a state-based resolution of the federal investigation, which culminated in the signing of the NPA on September 24,"

"a Palm Beach County grand jury indicted Epstein, on July 19, 2006, for felony solicitation of prostitution in violation of Florida Statute 796.07"

"to a criminal information charging him with procurement of minors to engage in prostitution... in violation of Florida Statute 796.03"

"Epstein began spending 12 hours a day purportedly working at the Florida Science Foundation, an entity Epstein had recently incorporated"

"they referred the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in West Palm Beach for a possible federal investigation"

"Epstein was a multi-millionaire financier with residences in Palm Beach"

"President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Secretary of Labor. On April 17, 2017, the Senate confirmed Acosta's appointment"

"Acosta entered into an 'extraordinary' deal with Epstein in the form of the NPA, which permitted Epstein to avoid federal prosecution"

"Epstein created a vast network of underage victims in both New York and Florida whom he sexually abused and exploited."

"the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York obtained a federal grand jury indictment charging Epstein with one count of sex traff"

"allegations that Epstein had coerced girls into engaging in sexual activity with him at his Palm Beach estate"

"U.S. Senator Ben Sasse... sent a December 3, 2018 letter to OPR, citing the Miami Herald's report and requesting that OPR open an investigation"

"The Miami Herald reported that in 2007, Acosta entered into an 'extraordinary' deal with Epstein"

"OPR identified former U.S. Attorney Acosta... as subjects of its investigation"

"OPR identified... the AUSA as subjects of its investigation"

"former U.S. Attorney Acosta"

"Epstein entered his guilty plea under the NPA"

"Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs advised Senator Sasse that OPR had opened an investigation"

"As the U.S. Attorney, Acosta had the plenary authority under established federal law and Department policy to resolve the case"

"Although Acosta did not sign the NPA, he participated in its drafting and approved it, with knowledge of its terms."

"Acosta's 'breakfast meeting' with one of Epstein's defense counsel in October 2007"

"OPR concludes that Acosta's decision to resolve the federal investigation through the NPA constitutes poor judgment."

"The District Court's Conclusion That the USAO Violated the CVRA"

"OPR describes the relevant federal, state, and local law enforcement entities involved in investigating Epstein's criminal conduct"

"the USAO resolved the Epstein investigation without a federal criminal charge... significantly, at the time the NPA was signed"

"OPR concludes that Acosta exercised poor judgment when he failed to make certain that the state intended to and would notify victims"

"The letters were sent by an FBI administrative employee who was not directly involved in the investigation, incorporated standard form language used b"

"OPR further concludes that none of the subject attorneys committed professional misconduct with respect to the government's interactions with victims."

"he was remanded to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons and held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan."

"Acosta, however, made the pivotal decision to resolve the federal investigation of Epstein through a state-based plea"

"the USAO resolved the Epstein investigation... Acosta elected to defer to the State Attorney"

"Acosta... was involved in the decision to resolve the case through the NPA or in the negotiations leading to the agreement"

"the USAO violated the CVRA in failing to afford victims a reasonable right to confer with the government about the NPA"

"the district court's finding that the USAO affirmatively misled Epstein's victims about the status of the federal investigation after the NPA was sign"

"victim notification letters issued by the USAO and the FBI"

"His decision left victims uninformed about an important proceeding that resolved the federal investigation... It also ultimately created the misimpres"

"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he had directed the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to open an investigation"