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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016455)" |
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| By then the deal had been signed for two months, and Jeffrey Sloman, Acosta's |
| top assistant, told Lefkowitz he intended to begin notifying Epstein's victims. |
| An indignant Lefkowitz wrote to Acosta: "You ... assured me that your office |
| would not ... contact any of the identified individuals, potential witnesses or |
| potential civil claimants and their respective counsel in this matter." |
| As the months went on, with the agreement still in limbo, federal prosecutors |
| once again began to prepare indictments against Epstein, court records show. The |
| FBI investigation briefly resumed, and additional witnesses were interviewed in |
| New York and New Mexico, the records show. In January 2008, several Epstein |
| victims were sent letters informing them that the FBI investigation was "ongoing" |
| as negotiations to finalize the plea bargain continued behind the scenes. |
| Starr finally appealed to the Justice Department in Washington, challenging |
| federal jurisdiction of the case, but in May 2008, the Justice Department affirmed |
| Acosta's right to prosecute. |
| 'STILL AFRAID OF EPSTEIN' |
| In recent court filings, the government was forced to answer questions about its |
| negotiations, finally admitting in 2013 that federal prosecutors had backed down |
| under relentless pressure by Epstein's attorneys. |
| "The government admits that, at least in part as a result of objections lodged by |
| Epstein's lawyers to victim notifications, the [United States Attorney's Office] |
| reevaluated its obligations to provide notification to victims and Jane Doe #1 was |
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