Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office recuses itself from Jeffrey Epstein case and case reassigned to Atlanta prosecutor appointed by Trump

From: Lilly Sanchez as Sent: 3/5/2019 11:08:12 PM To: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Subject: Herald Importance: — High Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office recuses itself from Jeffrey Epstein case Play Video DurationA 3:51 AG nominee Barr pledges to look into handling of Epstein case Sen. Ben Sasse questioned attorney general nominee William Barr about the Jeffrey Epstein case on January 15, 2019, getting the nominee to commit to having the Department of Justice look into the handling of that case if confirmed. C-SPAN Meta Viers BY JULIE K. BROWN [email protected] OOO00C0O Just days before a Friday deadline, the Justice Department has reassigned the Jeffrey Epstein victims’ rights case to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, the attorneys representing Epstein’s victims’ attorneys said Tuesday. Miami federal prosecutors, in letter to attorneys for the victims’s lawyers on Monday, said they had recused themselves from the case, according to Brad Edwards and Jack Scarola, representing Epstein’s victims. The reassignment means that the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. “BJay” Pak, will oversee the case for the government. Pak, a former Georgia lawmaker, was appointed Atlanta’s chief federal prosecutor by President Trump in October 2017. The Justice Department is still under a Friday deadline for prosecutors to confer with the victims’ attorneys in an effort to settle the case. On Feb. 22, U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in Palm Beach ruled that federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031399