Sounds like Epstein’s original sweetheart deal was a much bigger deal than we knew, with subpoenas going out to his banks and attorneys tracking all of his financial transactions. What was big enough to persuade prosecutors to back off from the investigation? Via Bloomberg News:
New evidence of a money laundering probe into Epstein’s financial transactions raises the question as to whether Alex Acosta, who went on to become Trump’s labor secretary in his first term, lied to the House Oversight committee last month. (Ha ha, of course he did!)
As you will recall, Acosta was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida who signed off on Epstein’s plea deal.
“Acosta told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that he didn’t recall any discussion of ‘potential financial crimes’ as part of his office’s Epstein investigation,” Bloomberg News reports. “Yet the emails and documents from Epstein’s Yahoo account show that prosecutors in his office discussed the financial-crimes component of the investigation with Acosta and copied him on correspondence about it.”
