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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Events
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Document Information
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News article / media clipping (house oversight committee document)
File Size:
2.15 MB
Summary
This document is a clipping of a news article regarding Jeffrey Sloman's defense of the non-prosecution agreement offered to Jeffrey Epstein. Sloman, formerly second-in-command to Alexander Acosta, claims in a Miami Herald opinion piece that the decision was made due to legal impediments and terrified victims, and argues that current criticism of Acosta is politically motivated. The document notes the Justice Department's opening of an investigation into misconduct following the 'Perversion of Justice' series.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Sloman | Former prosecutor / Second-in-command to Alexander Acosta |
Defending the handling of the Epstein case; wrote an opinion piece to the Miami Herald.
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| Alexander Acosta | Former U.S. Attorney / U.S. Secretary of Labor |
Decided whether to prosecute Epstein; subject of controversy regarding the plea deal.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Accused |
Ran a sex pyramid scheme targeting underage girls from 2001 to 2006.
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| Aixa Montero Holt | Photographer |
Credited for the photo of Jeffrey Sloman.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Herald Editorial Board |
Recipient of Sloman's opinion piece.
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| Justice Department |
Opened an investigation into prosecutorial misconduct.
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| U.S. Congress |
About 30 members demanded a probe.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (implied by footer stamp).
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Timeline (3 events)
2001-2006
Epstein ran a sex pyramid scheme targeting underage girls.
Palm Beach estate
Jeffrey Epstein
Underage victims
2017
Alexander Acosta nominated and confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor.
Washington D.C.
Circa 2019 (2 weeks prior to article)
Justice Department announced investigation into prosecutorial misconduct.
Unknown
Locations (2)
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Dateline of the article.
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Location where Epstein ran his scheme.
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Relationships (1)
Sloman was second-in-command to then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta
Key Quotes (5)
"legal impediments"Source
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"many of Epstein’s teenage victims were too “terrified” to cooperate in the case."Source
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"Given the obstacles we faced in fashioning a robust federal prosecution, we decided to negotiate a resolution"Source
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"We did not reach this decision lightly and it came only after significant and often rancorous internal debate."Source
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"Perversion of Justice"Source
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Full Extracted Text
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Miami — said prosecutors resolved the case based on the facts and evidence, and what he called “legal impediments,” including the belief that many of Epstein’s teenage victims were too “terrified” to cooperate in the case.
“Given the obstacles we faced in fashioning a robust federal prosecution, we decided to negotiate a resolution,” said Sloman, now in private practice. “We did not reach this decision lightly and it came only after significant and often rancorous internal debate.”
Jeffrey Sloman, who was second-in-command to then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta when the latter was deciding whether to prosecute Jeffrey Epstein, says the office handled the case properly. Aixa Montero Holt
In a lengthy opinion piece submitted to the Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sloman alleges that the attacks on Acosta’s role in the controversial case are politically driven by critics who failed to raise significant issues when Acosta was nominated and confirmed as the U.S. secretary of labor in 2017.
Sloman’s comments come two weeks after the Justice Department announced it had opened an investigation over whether there was prosecutorial misconduct in the case involving Epstein, who ran a sex pyramid scheme from his Palm Beach estate that targeted scores of underage girls from 2001 to 2006.
About 30 members of Congress demanded the probe following a Miami Herald series of stories, “Perversion of Justice,” that detailed how federal prosecutors, led
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