FBI director Kash Patel on Tuesday blamed Alex Acosta for mistakes in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the former U.S. attorney cast the “original sin” in the case.
Acosta, while U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, signed off on the 2008 non-prosecutorial agreement that was later described as a “sweetheart deal,” allowing Epstein to plead guilty to a lesser charge and obtain work-release from his county jail sentence.
“The original sin in the Epstein case was the way it was initially brought by Mr. Acosta,” Patel told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Patel claimed Acosta, who went on to become labor secretary in President Donald Trump’s first term, hamstrung further investigation and prosecution efforts.
“Mr. Acosta allowed Epstein to enter — in 2008 — to plea to a non prosecution agreement which then the courts issued mandates and protective orders legally prohibiting anyone from ever seeing that material ever again without the permission of the court. The non-prosecution also barred future prosecutions of those involved at that time,” Patel charged.
Patel claimed Acosta, who went on to become labor secretary in President Donald Trump’s first term, hamstrung further investigation and prosecution efforts.
They’re still just pointing the finger at each other, when it’s pretty obvious they’re all running cover for Trump.
Doesn’t stop the trump admin from releasing all their files on esptein though.
Does “original sin” imply that further sins are or have been perpetuated in this case? Like them redacting Trump and allies from the files? Like lying about the files and everything else over and over? Seems like a bit of a Freudian slip
Anyone ask him why they moved Maxwell to a lower security prison? Seems like repeating history. I know the answer, but this guy may have blown (another) gasket with a serious question.
Again, editorialized because of the crap headline. Patel is a POS, but he was talking about the case, not that the original sin wasn’t Epstein.
Edit: That headline makes me think Patel’s time is short in the trump admin.
Clearly. I mean, look at the guy. He’s not even white!
Ugh. If only Harris hadn’t loved the genocide so much we’d be able to snark about much better things.
“Well we’d love to release the files, heh heh, but we don’t, uh, we don’t run the courts. So. Hey is that the time?!”
