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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, and his prosecutor, were warned about failing to disclose victim information in another child sex case.
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Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor was previously rebuked for handling of a child sex case
Nine months before cutting a covert plea deal with sex trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein, Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta was notified that the lead prosecutor in Epsteins case had concealed victim information in another underage sex crimes case, the Miami Herald has learned.
The prosecutor, A. Marie Villafaña, was harshly rebuked by a federal judge in January 2007 for what he called her intentional and/or serious lapse in judgment when she failed to explicitly inform him that the defendant, a Texas man who traveled to Florida to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, had a prior history of predatory behavior with minors, court records show.
Acosta, her boss at the time, not only knew about Villafañas breach records show that he subsequently defended it. Acosta assigned another prosecutor in his office to write a treatise for the judge in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade him to soften the stinging language in his order.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch copied Acosta on his order, noting, The court is at a total loss as to why the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, as well as the Assistant United States Attorney assigned to the above-styled cause, found it appropriate to intentionally withhold ... information from the court.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article226765309.html#storylink=cpy
More: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article226765309.html
Nine months before cutting a covert plea deal with sex trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein, Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta was notified that the lead prosecutor in Epsteins case had concealed victim information in another underage sex crimes case, the Miami Herald has learned.
The prosecutor, A. Marie Villafaña, was harshly rebuked by a federal judge in January 2007 for what he called her intentional and/or serious lapse in judgment when she failed to explicitly inform him that the defendant, a Texas man who traveled to Florida to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, had a prior history of predatory behavior with minors, court records show.
Acosta, her boss at the time, not only knew about Villafañas breach records show that he subsequently defended it. Acosta assigned another prosecutor in his office to write a treatise for the judge in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade him to soften the stinging language in his order.
Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch copied Acosta on his order, noting, The court is at a total loss as to why the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, as well as the Assistant United States Attorney assigned to the above-styled cause, found it appropriate to intentionally withhold ... information from the court.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article226765309.html#storylink=cpy
More: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article226765309.html
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New: Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, and his prosecutor, were warned about failing to disclose victim (Original Post)
MelissaB
Mar 2019
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hlthe2b
(102,291 posts)1. Is Barr involved in this? Why is his photo included above?
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)2. Thanks, MelissaB
Acosta is beyond disgusting and hopefully getting more frightened by the minute because Julie K. Brown is on her way to taking him OUT
Duppers
(28,125 posts)3. "Only the best people"