How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
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Bill Grueskin
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You can read all the retrospectives about Epstein running now. But to really understand the case, go right to the @jkbjournalist.bsky.social series in the @miamiherald.com that ran 7 years ago (and for completely inexplicable reasons, never won a Pulitzer).
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html
How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Prosecutors, including future Trump labor secretary Alexander Acosta, cut Epstein an extraordinary...
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Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break
Alexander Acosta and Jeffrey Epsteins attorneys including Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr stitched together an extraordinary deal, allowing Epstein to escape federal sex charges and never serve tim...
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July 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark
The special treatment given to Jeffrey Epstein didnt end when the Palm Beach multimillionaire avoided hard time despite allegations that hed sexually abused dozens of underage girls.
www.miamiherald.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You can read all the retrospectives about Epstein running now. But to really understand the case, go right to the @jkbjournalist.bsky.social series in the @miamiherald.com that ran 7 years ago (and for completely inexplicable reasons, never won a Pulitzer).
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2025-07-19T22:44:46.996Z
Part 2 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2025-07-19T22:45:15.574Z
Part 3 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2025-07-19T22:45:35.372Z
Or read Brown's excellent book www.harpercollins.com/products/per...
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 2025-07-19T22:48:32.571Z