Office of Legal Counsel memo on victim rights may have blocked victim participation in Epstein and other white‑collar plea deals

The passage cites an OLC memorandum that allegedly limited victims' statutory rights in plea negotiations, referencing the high‑profile Epstein case. It points to a specific memo date (May 20 2011) an OLC memo (May 20 2011) interprets the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) to limit victim notice until The memo was released shortly before the government filed its response in the Jeffrey Epstein case