Alleged DOJ coercion of state prosecutors in Jeffrey Epstein case via threats of money‑laundering investigation and targeted letters

The passage describes internal DOJ communications suggesting that an Assistant U.S. Attorney (M. Villafana) used the threat of expanding a money‑laundering probe to pressure the resolution of a sex‑of Villafana allegedly threatened to add money‑laundering charges unless the sex‑offense case was resol Grand jury subpoenas for Epstein’s financial records were issued the same day Villafana made the t