The Department of Justice is siding with the convicted pedophile, now 66, in response to a motion filed by two of his alleged victims to toss out the sweetheart plea deal that saw him serve just 13 months in custody rather than life in prison.
The women, named as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 in court documents, said in their initial filing that the non-prosecution agreement in the case should be voided because they were not consulted about or even informed of the details of the deal Epstein worked out with prosecutors.
The women who filed the motion were 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse, while the prosecutor was Alex Acosta, who is now President Trump's Secretary of Labor.
That violation of the Crime Victims' Rights Act is not enough to void Epstein's deal though, argued Byung J. Pak, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
He wrote later in his filing that the underprivileged victims, who were recruited from middle and high schools, are not even owed an apology from the Department of Justice.