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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe facts about the Epstein Conspiracy...
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Fact 1. Potential co-conspirators were given immunity in a 2007 plea deal by then US Attorney Alexander Acosta:An Actual Conspiracy Kept Jeffrey Epsteins Accomplices out of Prison
With four little words, the government granted immunity to Epsteins co-conspirators. Why?
"The United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Groff, or Nadia Marcinkova."
The four women named had allegedly helped recruit underage girls for Epstein at his direction. But that four-word phrase but not limited to gave a free pass to anybody who would have helped Epstein acquire or traffic underage girls for sex.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/an-actual-conspiracy-kept-jeffrey-epsteins-accomplices-out-of-prison/
With four little words, the government granted immunity to Epsteins co-conspirators. Why?
"The United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, Lesley Groff, or Nadia Marcinkova."
The four women named had allegedly helped recruit underage girls for Epstein at his direction. But that four-word phrase but not limited to gave a free pass to anybody who would have helped Epstein acquire or traffic underage girls for sex.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/10/an-actual-conspiracy-kept-jeffrey-epsteins-accomplices-out-of-prison/
Fact 2. Alexander Acosta resigned as Trump's Labor Secretary due to his role in the Epstein plea deal:
Acosta to Resign as Labor Secretary Over Jeffrey Epstein Plea Deal
President Trumps embattled labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta, announced his resignation on Friday amid continuing questions about his handling of a sex crimes case involving the financier Jeffrey Epstein when Mr. Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida.
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I personally think the resignation has to do more with the fact that every day in the news the presidents name was coming up in conjunction with Epstein, Mr. Leopold said. This is going to be a campaign issue. It was going to come back to the president at some point in time if Acosta stayed, because every day there was more fuel to the fire.
President Trumps embattled labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta, announced his resignation on Friday amid continuing questions about his handling of a sex crimes case involving the financier Jeffrey Epstein when Mr. Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida.
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I personally think the resignation has to do more with the fact that every day in the news the presidents name was coming up in conjunction with Epstein, Mr. Leopold said. This is going to be a campaign issue. It was going to come back to the president at some point in time if Acosta stayed, because every day there was more fuel to the fire.
Fact 3. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are currently seeking relief from the Supreme Court because
her conviction was invalid because a non-prosecution and plea agreement that federal prosecutors had made with Epstein in Florida in 2007 also shielded his associates and should have barred her criminal prosecution in New York.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/amid-epstein-furor-ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-relief-us-supreme-court-2025-07-25/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/amid-epstein-furor-ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-relief-us-supreme-court-2025-07-25/
These are conspiracy-related FACTS, not theories.
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The facts about the Epstein Conspiracy... (Original Post)
AntiFascist
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enigmania
(352 posts)1. Only one recourse remains.
still-prayin4rain
(367 posts)2. Fact 1 is crazy that it happened
Edit: deleted that it was invalidated because shockingly, it was not
AntiFascist
(13,579 posts)3. If the Supreme Court should decide that Maxwell is in fact shielded...
that may also cover all other potential co-conspirators!
still-prayin4rain
(367 posts)4. Absolutely nuts! The "settlement" was criminal in and of itself.
malaise
(287,164 posts)5. K & R
for visibility