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

"Florida Science Foundation, an entity Epstein had recently incorporated"

"on June 30, 2008, he appeared in state court and pled guilty to ... a criminal information charging him with procurement of minors to engage in prosti"

"a Palm Beach County grand jury indicted Epstein, on July 19, 2006, for felony solicitation of prostitution"

"indictment charging Epstein with one count of sex trafficking of minors"

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

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

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

"the AUSA remained with the USAO until mid-2019. Moreover, as the line prosecutor in the Epstein investigation"

"Epstein entered his guilty plea under the NPA"

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

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

"court's findings that the USAO violated the CVRA in failing to afford victims a reasonable right to confer"

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

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

"All five subjects cooperated fully with OPR's investigation."

"USAO's decision to resolve the federal investigation of Epstein through the NPA"

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

"As the U.S. Attorney, Acosta had the plenary authority under established federal law"

"OPR concludes that the subjects did not commit professional misconduct... OPR concludes that Acosta's decision to resolve the federal investigation th"

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

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

"In December 2010, one of the attorneys representing victims in the CVRA litigation raised allegations that Epstein may have exerted improper influence"

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

"resolution, and one that required greater oversight and supervision than Acosta provided... USAO resolved the Epstein investigation"

"the USAO resolved the Epstein investigation without a federal criminal charge... 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"

"in 2007, Acosta entered into an extraordinary deal with Epstein in the form of the NPA"

"sexual activity with him at his Palm Beach estate"

"agents searching Epstein's Manhattan residence found thousands of photos"

"the USAO affirmatively misled Epstein's victims about the status of the federal investigation after the NPA was signed"

"the NPA was a flawed mechanism for satisfying the federal interest that caused the government to open its investigation of Epstein"

"initial complaint in March 2005 by a young victim and her parents to the local police—a complaint that launched an investigation by local law enforcem"

"She worked with two FBI case agents to develop a federal case against Epstein"

"Julie K. Brown, Perversion of Justice, Miami Herald, Nov. 28, 2018."

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

"The letters were sent by an FBI administrative employee who was not directly involved in the investigation... described the case as under investigatio"

"efforts by the AUSA to ensure Epstein's compliance with the terms of the NPA during his incarceration and until his term of home detention ended in Ju"

"Epstein created a vast network of underage victims in both New York and Florida whom he sexually abused and exploited. ... Jane Doe 1 filed... petitio"

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

"Senator Ben Sasse... sent a December 3, 2018 letter to OPR... requesting that OPR open an investigation"