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Document Information
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News article / house oversight committee record
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Summary
This document, seemingly a printout of a Miami Herald article included in House Oversight records, details the reassignment of the Epstein case to U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak following a ruling by Judge Kenneth Marra. The article highlights the findings of the 'Perversion of Justice' investigation, noting that former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta broke the law by concealing a plea deal from victims, granting Epstein and accomplices immunity despite a ready 53-page federal indictment. It describes how prosecutors misled victims into believing an FBI investigation was ongoing when it had been secretly closed.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Byung J. "BJay" Pak | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia |
Reassigned to oversee the case for the government; appointed by Trump in Oct 2017.
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| Donald Trump | President |
Appointed Byung J. Pak in October 2017.
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| Kenneth A. Marra | U.S. District Judge |
Ruled on Feb 22 that federal prosecutors broke the law by concealing the plea agreement.
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| Alexander Acosta | Former Miami U.S. Attorney |
Oversaw the prosecutors who broke the law; met privately with Epstein's lawyers.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Multimillionaire New York hedge fund manager |
Sex offender; received immunity via plea deal; served 13 months in jail with work release.
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| Emily Michot | Journalist/Author |
Author of the article "The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender’s remarkable deal".
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| U.S. Attorney's Office |
Northern District of Georgia and Miami offices mentioned.
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| Justice Department |
Under a deadline to confer with victims' attorneys.
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| Miami Herald |
Conducted the investigation "Perversion of Justice".
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| FBI |
Had a sex trafficking case against Epstein involving a 53-page indictment.
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| Palm Beach County Jail |
Where Epstein served 13 months.
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Timeline (4 events)
2008
Two victims sued the federal government under the Crime Victims' Rights Act.
US Court
Victims
Federal Government
February 22 (Year implied 2019)
Judge Kenneth A. Marra ruled prosecutors broke the law by concealing plea agreement.
Palm Beach
October 2017
Byung J. Pak appointed Atlanta's chief federal prosecutor by President Trump.
Atlanta/Washington D.C.
Byung J. Pak
Donald Trump
Locations (5)
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Jurisdiction of U.S. Attorney Pak.
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Location of Judge Marra, location of abuse, and one of Epstein's residences.
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Epstein's residence and work location.
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Location of Epstein's private island.
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Current residence location for Epstein.
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Relationships (3)
Acosta met privately with one of Epstein's lawyers, the government agreed to seal the plea agreement.
More than 30 underage girls in Palm Beach who had been sexually abused by Epstein.
Pak... was appointed Atlanta’s chief federal prosecutor by President Trump.
Key Quotes (4)
"federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage girls"Source
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"Marra stopped short of voiding the agreement, which granted Epstein and an untold number of accomplices immunity from federal proscecution"Source
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"federal prosecutors had gathered enough evidence against Epstein to write a 53-page federal indictment"Source
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"prosecutors not only intentionally violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, but they misled the girls into believing that the FBI’s sex trafficking case against Epstein was ongoing"Source
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The reassignment means that the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. “BJay” Pak, will oversee the case for the government. Pak, a former Georgia lawmaker, was appointed Atlanta’s chief federal prosecutor by President Trump in October 2017.
The Justice Department is still under a Friday deadline for prosecutors to confer with the victims’ attorneys in an effort to settle the case. On Feb. 22, U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in Palm Beach ruled that federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage girls in Palm Beach who had been sexually abused by Epstein, a multimillionaire New York hedge fund manager.
Marra stopped short of voiding the agreement, which granted Epstein and an untold number of accomplices immunity from federal proscecution for sex trafficking crimes, provided Epstein plead guilty to minor charges in state court. At the time of the plea deal, federal prosecutors had gathered enough evidence against Epstein to write a 53-page federal indictment, court records show.
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The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender’s remarkable deal
The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender’s remarkable deal
Emily Michot
Emily Michot
An investigation by the Miami Herald, “Perversion of Justice,” found that after Acosta met privately with one of Epstein’s lawyers, the government agreed to seal the plea agreement so that no one — not the victims, not even the state court judge who sentenced Epstein — would know the full extent of his crimes. Epstein, now 66, was allowed to plead guilty to prostitution charges and served 13 months in the Palm Beach County jail, where he was given liberal work release, and allowed to travel to New York and his private island in the Caribbean during his subsequent house arrest. He was released in 2009, and now divides his time between New York, Palm Beach and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Herald interviewed four of Epstein’s victims, who were as young as 13 at the time they were abused by Epstein. They said they felt betrayed by state and federal prosecutors, who treated them like prostitutes instead of victims. Two of them sued the federal government in 2008 under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, which grants crime victims the right to be informed about plea deals and to confer with prosecutors.
Marra, in a 33-page opinion, said prosecutors not only intentionally violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, but they misled the girls into believing that the FBI’s sex trafficking case against Epstein was ongoing — when, in fact, prosecutors had secretly closed it after sealing the plea bargain from the public record.
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