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Extraction Summary
12
People
7
Organizations
4
Locations
3
Events
4
Relationships
2
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
News article / web printout (likely miami herald)
File Size:
1.88 MB
Summary
This document is a printout of a news article (likely from the Miami Herald) discussing legal maneuvers to reopen the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and throw out his 2008 plea agreement. It covers the involvement of victims' attorneys requesting a review by a new jurisdiction (Pak's office), a DOJ probe into Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta's conduct during the original case, and an upcoming hearing in New York regarding the unsealing of documents requested by the Miami Herald. The document is stamped with a House Oversight Committee Bates number.
People (12)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards | Attorney |
Victims' attorney advocating for reopening the investigation
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| Scarola | Attorney |
Victims' attorney
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| Paul Cassell | Attorney |
Victims' attorney
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Subject |
Criminal defendant, subject of plea agreement controversy
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| Ariana Fajardo Orshan | U.S. Attorney |
Miami's new U.S. Attorney appointed by Trump
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| Donald Trump | President |
Appointed Orshan and Acosta
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| Emily Michot | Journalist |
Byline on the video/article
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| Pak | Prosecutor/Official |
His office is reviewing the case (referring to BJay Pak)
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| Marra | Judge |
Likely Judge Kenneth Marra, expected to resolve the dispute if sides cannot agree
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| Acosta | U.S. Secretary of Labor |
Former prosecutor who cut the 2008 plea deal; under investigation for misconduct
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| Ben Sasse | Senator (R-Nebraska) |
Led demands for investigation into Acosta
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| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Representative (D-Florida) |
Led demands for investigation into Acosta
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Department |
Asked to throw out plea agreement
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| U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami |
Handled original case, viewed as adversarial by victims' lawyers
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| DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility |
Conducting probe into prosecutorial misconduct
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| Congress |
Bipartisan group demanded investigation
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| Miami Herald |
Filed motion to unseal documents
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| New York Times |
Published letter from Epstein's attorneys and an editorial
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'
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Timeline (3 events)
September (Year implied 2018)
Wednesday
Federal appeals court hearing to hear oral arguments on unsealing documents
New York
Miami Herald
32 news organizations
Relationships (4)
Acosta negotiated plea deal in 2008
Appointed by Trump as U.S. secretary of labor in 2017
Edwards is victims' attorney seeking to overturn plea agreement
Key Quotes (2)
"I think it’s good that we’re going to get fresh eyes and a fresh opinion on the way the case was handled,"Source
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Quote #1
"We were obviously in an adversarial posture with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami because they handled the case to begin with."Source
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Quote #2
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The victims’ attorneys — Edwards, Scarola and Paul Cassell — have asked the Justice Department to throw out Epstein’s plea agreement and reopen the criminal investigation.
Edwards, who brought the victims’ rights case against the government, said transferring the case to another jurisdiction is a prudent decision.
“I think it’s good that we’re going to get fresh eyes and a fresh opinion on the way the case was handled,’’ Edwards said Tuesday. “We were obviously in an adversarial posture with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami because they handled the case to begin with.’’
Miami’s new U.S. Attorney, Ariana Fajardo Orshan — who was appointed by President Trump in September — did not respond to a request for comment.
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Jeffrey Epstein apologizes, but not to his victims
Jeffrey Epstein apologizes, but not to his victims
Emily Michot
Emily Michot
Edwards predicted that it would take some time for Pak’s office to review the case, which includes more than 500 docket entries and thousands of documents. He said If the sides can’t agree on a resolution, then Marra would likely have to come up with one. The case is being closely watched by crime victims’ rights advocates, as it will likely set a precedent.
Acosta, who was appointed by Trump as the U.S. secretary of labor in 2017, is the focus of a separate Justice Department investigation into whether there was any prosecutorial misconduct in the Epstein case. That probe, by the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility, was initiated in response to demands from a bipartisan group in Congress, led by Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida.
In the meantime, a court hearing will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in New York in another Epstein-related case. A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in a motion by the Miami Herald, supported by 32 other news organizations, asking the court to unseal documents that could reveal details about the extent of Epstein’s crimes and any other people who may have been involved.
Three of Epstein’s former attorneys — who helped negotiate his plea deal in 2008 — wrote a letter published in the New York Times on Monday, defending the plea bargain cut with Acosta as a fair deal. The letter was in response to a Times editorial that called on Congress and the Trump administration to hold Acosta and others involved in the case accountable.
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