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title: 'House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021746)'
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Former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta never told sexual-abuse victims of a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein. Getty Images Only then did Zloch learn that McDaniel had preyed on other girls over the internet, including a 16-year-old California girl whom he brought to Texas and impregnated. He was also having another relationship with a 15-year-old girl at the time of his arrest, Villafaña admitted in court. The judge promptly sentenced McDaniel to 10 years - twice what Villafaña recommended. Three months later, in January 2007, after reviewing the entire case, Zloch issued an order excoriating Villafaña for failing to tell him about McDaniel's prior history. "The serial nature of defendant's seduction of minor girls was revealed for the first time to the court upon the Government's response to the Court's inquiry," Zloch wrote, explaining that the defendant's past was evidence of predatory behavior that warranted a harsher sentence because he may pose a danger to the community. Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Lourie was assigned to try to correct the record and persuade the judge to strike a portion of his comments. They argued that since McDaniel had never before been charged with a crime, the history was not relevant HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021746