His other trial and hearings were in Florida, am I right?
This is awesome news if it's true!

Alex Acosta was the US Atty in that Florida jurisdiction who let Epstein off the hook. Too bad Acosta was punished for that.... wait... what? He's a Cabinet Secretary in Washington DC right now? Really? Gee, you would think that would be a BAD thing to have on your resume.

Anyway - hope Epstein gets some hard time in a real prison.

the fact that he helped Epstein avoid the law is a good thing. Probably that is what endeared him to the orange anus in the WH. I bet Allan Dirty Bits is upset about this, too.

and yes, Alex Acosta is the US Secretary of Labor.

He's a sex trafficker. One would think he wouldn't even be allowed in other countries, but there are different rules for billionaires.

the "girl" victim who is suing him and who is represented by the very well regarded David Boies (and who has "defeated" Dersh on related litigation three times before).

This could stink him (Acosta) out of office. It's be just one more of "the best people' by the wayside

the other night

I said, I SEE YOU MOTHERFUCKER

my joy quotient is currently OFF THE CHARTS!!!

These would be very useful I think.

Those who abuse children.

There is no Hell deep enough or hot enough for guys like this.

What is wrong with them? Were they all abused as children, or do they have a sickness?

It is testosterone poisoning.

Please don't equate sex with sex abuse.

I'm going with evil.

Preying on the young children because they can't cope with adults.

in very high places.

Question - what if The Orange One is credibly implicated in this? Can the State of New York indict a sitting President?

in this. Who will he rat on? He knows a great deal, I'm certain. Will he provide evidence? In exchange for...?

And it's SDNY (Federal) not state prosecutors, so that answers my indictment question. If he's implicated though, it could be really ugly. Wouldn't it be interesting if this proves to be the "downward spiral" that the British Ambassador referenced?

that was the first question to cross my mind.

I would consider him to be a serious flight risk.

not coming back.

Nt

God only know what becomes of them.

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I hope they keep him there.

For ever.

Big deal....!

I wonder whether they are sharing information with New York State prosecutors on the downlow. Looks like something from New York may eventually level that grotesque person.

not New York State.

Because to accept a pardon means to accept guilt. Which would open the floodgates of civil lawsuits from the women.

At least, that's my understanding.

Five myths about presidential pardons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-presidential-pardons/2018/06/06/18447f84-69ba-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?utm_term=.8f0cf6f2edf3

I learned something today!

few years, than about any other place.

To WORK!

I'm thinking of a certain Orange person right now.

Ernie Fletcher, R Ky. He had a secret door in his office installed to escape reporter or constituent questions.

A pardon only applies to past acts. It also removes 5th Amendment protections for the pardoned crime so he could be compelled to testify under oath, subject to perjury.

staunchest of Repukes.

Just got a thought...what if Trump's name is on the list of clients that used Epstein's sex ring? That might throw a wrench into any possibility of a pardon for Epstein.


I'd bet a dime to a donut that Trump was one of his clients.

Back to the WH last week.

Both he and Trump were known to associate with this man, attend functions on his private island, that sort of things. It doesn't mean that either of them partook of the underage masseuses, but Trump, you will recall, said he like Epstein and that Epsteins parties included beautiful women, some of whom were on the young side.

If either Clinton or Trump actually made use of the "services" of underage girls at any of Epstein's functions, they may well be in deep, deep do-do. Although Derschowitz to have gotten "massages" from women in Epsteins' pay, there was never a report that any were underage or that anything sexual occurred during them. So maybe Trump and Clinton only went to the parties for a back rub?

The right wing done did me in, Nuggets. I have no idea whether Clinton and Epstein ever got together and partied, but I do know that right wingers like Breitbart are supportive of the fabricated stories that they did.

None of the so-called "evidence" I found would persuade any but the lost souls, sadists, and POS's of the American conservative movement. It's dumb, it's obviously false, it's shameful.

But then I thought to myself, wait a minute, I didn't get this "news" from anti-intellectual organs like Breitbart. It must have drifted into my consciousness from innuendos on the "liberal" media. So my cynicism directed me at the wrong target. These days, there's so much to be cynical about that it's inevitable the cynics gun will mis-fire and hit the wrong target occasionally. In this case it did. So screw the so called "liberal" media for the low-life pandering bastards they frequently are.

So I stand (sit, actually) admonished before the world,Nugget. Whatever else might be said about Bill Clinton, his association with Jeffrey Epstein -- especially the issue of whether he ever had a massage from a teenager (perhaps one resembling a middle-aged Russian, like the one who gave Dershowitz a rub-a-dub?) with or without underpants -- clearly lacks any serious evidence.

as it happened in NYC?

Sex-trafficking involves interstate movement, so it makes sense this is a Federal indictment. We'll see when the actual charges are made public, but the fact that the Federal prosecutors are with SDNY-Public Corruption, may suggest a very wide scope of illegal activity.

"paying them cash for "massages" and then molesting or sexually abusing them in his Upper East Side mansion"

through those piles of documents released with the intent to do so. If SDNY has concerns over Barr's potential interference, Federal Prosecutors know they can share with NYS to help those potential cases proceed. Sometimes past "turf" issues can be swept to the wayside for a "greater good".

and several others at the time.

after it was swept under the rug at least once.

I'm guessing any friend of Alan or Jeff will be slimed in this. Guessing the dump's mushroom may have been present too.

Come on guys - remember all that good times you had? It's just going to get a hell of a lot more climactic.

Since Dershowitz might have information about Epstein, he could potentially be called as a witness against him. Therefore, that counts as a conflict of interest. Dershowitz might also become Epstein's co-defendant, which is also disqualifying.

This article is from 7/3/19

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article232251212.html

"A New York federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of up to 2,000 pages of judicial documents that are expected to show evidence relating to whether New York financier Jeffrey Epstein and his partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, were recruiting underage girls and young women as part of an international sex trafficking operation.

The decision comes two days after the Miami Herald urged the court to issue a ruling in the civil case in the wake of last week’s Justice Department announcement in the federal criminal case that it would not void Epstein’s controversial 2008 non-prosecution agreement."

Go Miami Herald! Great work!

BY JULIE K. BROWN AND AARON ALBRIGHT
NOV. 28, 2018

in 2007, despite substantial evidence that corroborated the girls’ stories of abuse by Epstein, the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, signed off on a secret deal for the multimillionaire, one that ensured he would never spend a day in prison.

Acosta, now President Donald Trump’s secretary of labor, agreed to seal the agreement so that no one — not even Epstein’s victims — would know the full extent of his crimes or who was involved.

This is the story of that deal — and how his victims, more than a decade later, are still fighting a criminal justice system that has stubbornly failed to hold wealthy, powerful men accountable for sexual abuse.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article221897990.html

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD IN HEAVEN WITH THE CHERUBS AND THE PUPPY DOGS

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS

I am the HAPPIEST PERSON YOU EVER MET

whassuppp LOSER45 how’s your Saturday night coming along???!?

MINE is fuckin PERFECT THANKS FOR ASKING



JULIE K BROWN and the MIAMI HERALD:

RESPECT

is no longer taken for granted. BTW, I thought I was replying to Leghorn above you, but maybe you are equally relieved to see this.

But that may be why Pence had to stay in Washington.

Question is What will Trump do to divert attention? It scares me to think about it.

...but it bends toward justice.”

-Martin Luther King

-James Comey

and you provided a great visual. Thanks!

Isn't he buddies, with our own 'comrade Benedict donald'? Seems like i read that somewhere.

It looks as if he has shamed and compromised her to the point she can't ever look anyone in the eye again. She looks totally demoralized.

That photograph actually tells a lot about the evil inside those guys.

High as a kite.

Sunday's tweets will be interesting.

Get back MAGAt.

It's the reason for the trumped up thing about the pizzaria basement.

“I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”

Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/jeffrey-epstein-was-said-to-be-a-witness-against-wall-street-a-fbn-investigation-suggests-otherwise

abused his position as owner of teen beauty pageants to barge into the contestants' dressing rooms to ogle them when he knew they would be undressed. God only knows what else.

And AG Bill Barr is paid by the US taxpayer to keep it that way.

But he actually bragged (on Stern) about barging into the adult pageant dressing room.

Just providing the facts as a PSA, so you don't lose an argument later with a wingnut

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This is great news, I just hope that DU'ers won't equivocate if some of his connections turn out to be to people that we around here like.

That's all I want. Let the chips fall where they may.

He'll be held at least until Monday morning when the indictment against him is unsealed. Depending on the contents of that and the specific charges, hopefully he won't be released on bail. Maybe he can bunk with Manafort.

“That bail hearing will be critical because if they grant him bail, he has enough money that he will disappear and they will never get him,’’ a source in New York told the Herald.

....they there will be no bail. He has a private plane and owns an island that he can flee too.

He's probably going to rot in jail until his trial.

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Start with Trump and go all the way down the list.

I hope all the charges are made public Monday. We shall see...

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You know he was one of Trump's pals. They probably attended orgies together

Twitter the MAGAts are saying the exact same thing - only they are tying it to Clinton. So weird too see
The support for different reasons.

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Can Acosta also be arrested for perversion of Justice...and was he an Epstein client?

and Trumpety Dumpety's just got a whole lot worse. How long until he tweets he never heard of the guy?

This is great news. Let's hope the mainstream media emphasizes the fact that this guy is palsy walsy with Trump. I won't hold my breath.

Maybe Dotard is going to be rounded up so Toady Mike had to rush back to fill his tiny shoes.

imagine if discovery reveals photos of trump with...
Independent voters may not like trump’s connection to underage sex trafficking king. I wonder if any of the detained kids were sold into trafficking, no record no proof.

away with this stuff.

I hope cheeto is involved with in the muck and mire, too.