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Sun Jul 20, 2025, 04:03 AM Sunday

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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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article214210674.html

Cops worked to put serial sex abuser in prison. Prosecutors worked to cut him a break
Alexander Acosta and Jeffrey Epstein’s 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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Part 3
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article219494920.html

Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark
The special treatment given to Jeffrey Epstein didn’t end when the Palm Beach multimillionaire avoided hard time despite allegations that he’d sexually abused dozens of underage girls.
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July 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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Or read Brown's excellent book

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/perversion-of-justice-julie-k-brown?variant=32269378125858

Perversion of Justice
The New York Times Bestseller
“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times
“Julie K. Brown&...
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July 19, 2025 at 6:48 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
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