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Harold Webb
Personal
US Attorney's Office,
Southern District of New York
One St. Andrews Plaza
New York, NY 10007
Dear Mr
December 18, 2020
When Martin Weinberg disclosed in open court during the bail hearing in July
2019 that Main Justice was responsible for the Epstein, et al "Sweetheart Deal
of the Century", that fact has been "obscured" ever since. (I can only find one
report of that day that disclosed the Weinberg revelations and that was done by
Daniel Bates in an article for the Dailymail.com dated July 15, 2019. Attempts to
reach him have been futile.)
Perhaps because of this news blackout OPR of DOJ in its November 2020
report could be so brazen in maintaining the twelve year old lies about the
Epstein case.
So many powerful men are involved that anything is possible. One thing I do
know, is that Michael Bloomberg has told his news staff not to generate original
news on the Epstein case. So it may come as no surprise, that these influential
men got to DOJ under the Trump regime in which anything goes.
Having lived through the Watergate era while at DOJ I believe that the Epstein
saga is larger in scope.
Sincerely,
ei;c,
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NON PUBLIC
Firstly the plea was signed by five DOJ Officials including Deputy AG Mark
Filip, Alice S. Fisher, Assistant AG in charge of the Criminal Division and
Sigal Mandelker, Deputy Assistant AG, among others. This means that
these DOJ officials participated in the plea deal negotiations and were
satisfied with the provisions in signing their names. Thus DOJ chose that
the state prosecute Epstein and the co-conspirators should be removed
from the case. This also meant that Epstein and his co-conspirators were
given a Non Prosecution Agreement (NPA) which immunized them from
federal prosecution. DOJ determined this resolution, despite the
recommendation by Acosta and his staff that Epstein and co-conspirators
should be charged with sex trafficking in minor females. In that
connection, there had been prepared a fifty-three page federal indictment
backed up by an FBI investigation report and an eighty-two page analysis
of the case in support thereof. Epstein was facing life imprisonment if
convicted and the co-conspirators serious consequences as well.
Therefore, this was not the product of "poor judgement" by Acosta in
providing NPAs to Epstein and his co-conspirators but the willful actions of
DOJ officials in opting for deferred prosecution in a state court, Florida.
There, Epstein would plead guilty to two counts of solicitation of
prostitution, one with a minor. He would be sentenced to eighteen months
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in a West Palm Beach stockade, but is released after serving thirteen
months. Epstein is required to register as a sex offender. (see unsealed
plea agreement). Later Assistant AG Fisher would state that she did not
"play a decision making role in the Epstein matter". (see Pogo story on
Monsanto dated August 28, 2019) In a misguided attempt to obscure her
involvement, Fisher makes mention of the Epstein case in her biographical
data found in Wikipedia. In that regard and under "Major Cases" Fisher
noted the following: "the lawyers for Epstein's unsuccessfully (emphasis
added) lobbied Fisher and other DOJ officials to stop the sex crimes
prosecution". That was the Florida State charges which she was referring
to that were devoid of any reference to the co-conspirators. Therefore,
one must conclude that the defense lawyers representing Epstein and the
co-conspirators were successful in "lobbying" Fisher and her associates
because the co-conspirators were no longer in the case. By the same
token Fisher and her cohorts were successfully "lobbied" in causing an
NPA for Epstein and co-conspirators to be filed, instead of federal criminal
charges alleging sex trafficking.
Finally there is the obligation of the government to notify victims under the
Criminal Victims Rights Act (CVRA). This Act provides that victims are to
be notified of all significant aspects of a case such as indictments, NPA's,
plea agreements and sentencing so as to permit victims to make impact
statements or take legal action they deem necessary.
On December 4, 2007 US Attorney Acosta sent a letter to Kenneth Starr,
then with the Kirkland, Ellis LA office and principal negotiator for the
Defense Team. Acosta informed Starr in that letter that he (Acosta)
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intended to send a victims notification letter out by mid-December.
However, this was not to be because Alice Fisher intervened and the
letters did not go out. (See unsealed letter dated 12/04/2008 from
Kenneth Starr to Sigal Mandelker in which Starr notes that it was his
eleventh hour appeal to Fisher that caused the victim letters not to be
sent.) Fisher however in her Wikipedia biography said "her office did not
make any decisions related to victim notification, a decision ultimately
made by US Attorney's office". However, this presupposed the fact that a
US Attorney had an option of not sending out such letters. That would be
in violation of the CVRA. Thus Fisher's statement was an untruth. But let
us presuppose for argument's sake that Acosta of his own accord failed to
send out the letters. Then Fisher and Mandelker who were aware that the
victim letters had not been sent as of April 28, 2008 should have caused
Acosta to send the letters as required and thus protect the victims. That
would have given the victims ample time to prepare and appear in State
Court in June 2008 when Epstein was pleading out and being sentenced.
The victims would have also been notified of the plea agreement giving
them time to attack the provisions. But Fisher and Mandelker didn't do so
because they were confederates in a plot to subvert justice and
concealment was paramount.
Finally, it should be noted that it is highly unusual for DOJ to interject
themselves in a case developed by a US Attorney as well as reject the
recommendations of a US Attorney.
Considering all the facts, circumstances and contrary to a general belief
that Acosta gave Epstein and the co-conspirators the "Sweetheart Deal of
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the Century", it was DOJ, in an unprecedented and precipitous move that
took control of the case to insure and shape its dissolution all done to
benefit Epstein and his VIP friends. To recap, Acosta intended to indict
and also send out victims notification letters but was overruled by DOJ in
each instance (make no mistake that Acosta was complicit because he did
not speak up to power).
CONJECTURE
Given the circumstances, including letting a hideous sex trafficker of
children get off with token punishment and his co-conspirators removed
from the case; can only mean that the White House was involved in
directing such a result. It is believed that Jay Lefkowitz, a defense lawyer
from Kirkland, Ellis's NY office played a significant role in this enterprise.
For one thing, Lefkowitz stands out as the one lawyer of eight or so
attorneys on the defense team who did not have any criminal defense
credentials since he was and is a civil litigator. However, Lefkowitz had
other attributes, inasmuch as he had worked in the administration of Bush
41 and also the administration of Bush 43. In this latter capacity he had
been General Counsel to OMB, Special Envoy in the State Department
and lastly, as Deputy Director of Domestic Policy. That last position gave
him an office in the West Wing of the White House and personal contacts
with the President on a daily basis. As a result they became friends. So
that after 2003, when Lefkowitz left the White House, he still maintained a
friendship with the President. For instance, in 2008 Bush invited Lefkowitz
to join him in a delegation going to Israel to celebrate that country's 60th
Anniversary. To put that in perspective, at the same time Lefkowitz was
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deeply involved in the Epstein co-conspirator case. So it would seem that
Lefkowitz played a significant role in bringing the case to the attention of
the White House and also act as a go between DOJ, the lawyers and
Presidents' representatives.
In conclusion, Kenneth Starr would comment that he played a "significant"
role in obtaining the favorable plea deal in negotiating with "higher-ups" at
DOJ. And Epstein would give a total of $1 million to two of Lefkowitz'
favorite charities.
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