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Judge overseeing key Jeffrey Epstein-related suit dies, Ep’s lawyers get own lawyers, Fibbies get Ep’s computers, jail staff consequences
[POLITICO] An elderly federal judge presiding over a key lawsuit relating to financier pedophile Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl?Epstein  ... A high classpimp sex slaveswho were paid big bucks to entertainthe rich and/or famous. He is a registered sex offender and made att least 17 out-of-court settlements with former members of his stable, with some cases still ongoing. 2011 court docs reveal that 21 email addresses and phone numbers for Bill Clinton and an aide were found in Epstein's electronic black book, and that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein on his private plane between 2002 to 2005. But really, they were probably just discussing finance or politix or something. While getting massaged. Then things got serious, Jeff was tossed in the slammer in New York and then he killed himself. Really. That's what happened... died Sunday, adding another twist to the drawn-out legal saga and to efforts to unseal still-secret details about the conduct of Epstein, his enablers and one of his accusers. Manhattan-based U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet passed away Sunday at age 96, the court announced. Sweet was appointed by President  Jimmy Carter...only the second worst president ever... in 1978, confirmed that same year and continued to hear and rule on cases through the last few months. Sweet was assigned to a lawsuit that emerged from the aftermath of Epstein’s controversial plea deal a decade ago, in which he escaped federal charges by pleading guilty to two prostitution-related offenses in state court. Epstein ended up spending 13 months in jail, with daily furloughs that allowed him to work in his office. Critics have denounced the plea deal and the government official who negotiated it: Alexander Acosta, then the top federal prosecutor in south Florida and now U.S. secretary of Labor. The sentence, critics say, was excessively lenient for a man who faced allegations of procuring dozens of teenage girls for sex acts. Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers Hire Criminal Defense Attorneys [BREITBART] In the wake of Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl?Epstein’s death over the weekend, a report says two of the high-flying financier’s longtime lawyers are seeking outside legal counsel of their own. The New York Times  ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported Sunday that lawyers Jeffrey Schantz and Darren Indyke recently hired criminal defense attorneys to represent them. According to the Times, the pair were "involved with some of his trusts and other entities in New York and in the Virgin Islands." Court documents show Epstein’s vast fortune is valued at least $559 million. Jeffrey Epstein’s computers seized during FBI raid on private island [NYPOST] Drone video shows FBI agents and NYPD cops seizing computer equipment from Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl?Epstein’s mansion on a private island in the Caribbean, according to a report Tuesday. The video was shot Monday during a raid on Little St. James, the 70-acre island Epstein owned in the US Virgin Islands, CNBC said. It shows at least two desktop computers and an Apple computer were packaged and marked for transport, CNBC said. The raid was one of several conducted at various locations tied to the late multimillionaire financier and convicted pedophile, law enforcement sources have told The Post. Authorities were searching for sex toys and other evidence to corroborate claims by hundreds of women who have accused Epstein, 66, of sexually abusing them when they were underage girls, the sources said. The NYPD cops visible in the video are part of the FBI New York Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, CNBC said. "The NYPD is a partner in the task force with the FBI that led to the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein last month," an NYPD spokeswoman told the network. "The case remains an active and ongoing investigation, and the NYPD continues to work alongside the FBI in investigating leads ‐ including at Epstein’s estate in the Virgin Islands. The NYPD declines further comment on an ongoing investigation." Guards suspended, warden reassigned after Epstein death [IsraelTimes] Two guards assigned to watch Jeffrey Epstein the night he apparently killed himself in jail have been placed on leave and the warden has been removed as federal authorities investigate the financier’s death, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The announcement came amid mounting evidence that the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan may have bungled its responsibility to keep the 66-year-old Epstein from harming himself while he awaited trial on charges of sexually abusing teenage girls.
That person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The Justice Department said the warden of another facility in upstate New York has been named the acting warden at MCC. The FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general are investigating Epstein’s death. One of Epstein’s guards the night he took his own life was not a regular correctional officer, one of those familiar with the case said. Serene Gregg, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3148, told The Washington Post that one of the guards was a fill-in who had been pressed into service because of staffing shortages. Screams reportedly came from Jeffrey Epstein’s cell the morning he died [NYPOST] Screams could be heard coming from Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl?Epstein’s jail cell the morning he was found dead ‐ as corrections workers frantically tried to revive him, urging, "Breathe, Epstein, breathe!" according to a report Tuesday. The multimillionaire pedophile’s brother, Mark, was called after Epstein hanged himself with a bedsheet early Saturday at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan and is the one who identified his body, CBS reported. Posted by: Fred 2019-08-14 |
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