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02-07-2019, 10:06 AM
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's testimony at House Intelligence Committee is rescheduled to the day of Trump's summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohens-testimony-before-house-intel-panel-is-delayed-by-nearly-3-weeks.html)
The planned testimony of Michael Cohen, former personal attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, before the House Intelligence Committee was rescheduled Wednesday to Feb. 28 — just days before he is slated to report to a federal prison.
Cohen, whose crimes included ones linked to hush money payoffs to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, was originally scheduled to testify before the panel this Friday.
But Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Cohen's closed-door testimony would be delayed until Feb. 28 "in the interests of the investigation." Trump is due to begin a summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Vietnam that same day.
Dan Mangan Published 9:42 AM ET Wed, 6 Feb 2019
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U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Abuse Case
The Department of Justice is investigating a plea deal under which the financier Jeffrey Epstein avoided federal prosecution.CreditUma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press
By Liam Stack
Feb. 6, 2019
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into a 2007 plea deal negotiated by a prosecutor who is now a member of President Trump’s cabinet that kept the financier Jeffrey E. Epstein from facing federal charges related to accusations that he molested dozens of underage girls.
The inquiry came in response to requests from Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who on Wednesday posted a letter (https://www.sasse.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1e5e07ee-0138-4441-9e61-b6ec7037c4d5/-untitled-.pdf) on his website from Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd informing him of the investigation.
The plea deal, which was negotiated by the labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta, when he was the top federal prosecutor in Miami, was the subject of a Miami Herald investigation that was cited by both Senator Sasse and Mr. Boyd. The letter does not mention Mr. Acosta by name.
In the letter, Mr. Boyd said the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibilities would look “into allegations that Department attorneys may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the Epstein criminal matter was resolved.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/fbi-jeffrey-epstein.html
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How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Nov. 28, 2018
A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break.
On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami’s top federal prosecutor, Alexander Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay Lefkowitz.
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The planned testimony of Michael Cohen, former personal attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, before the House Intelligence Committee was rescheduled Wednesday to Feb. 28 — just days before he is slated to report to a federal prison.
Cohen, whose crimes included ones linked to hush money payoffs to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, was originally scheduled to testify before the panel this Friday.
But Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Cohen's closed-door testimony would be delayed until Feb. 28 "in the interests of the investigation." Trump is due to begin a summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Vietnam that same day.
Dan Mangan Published 9:42 AM ET Wed, 6 Feb 2019
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/from-left-american-real-estate-developer-donald-trump-and-his-former-picture-id700334384
U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Abuse Case
The Department of Justice is investigating a plea deal under which the financier Jeffrey Epstein avoided federal prosecution.CreditUma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post, via Associated Press
By Liam Stack
Feb. 6, 2019
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into a 2007 plea deal negotiated by a prosecutor who is now a member of President Trump’s cabinet that kept the financier Jeffrey E. Epstein from facing federal charges related to accusations that he molested dozens of underage girls.
The inquiry came in response to requests from Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who on Wednesday posted a letter (https://www.sasse.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1e5e07ee-0138-4441-9e61-b6ec7037c4d5/-untitled-.pdf) on his website from Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd informing him of the investigation.
The plea deal, which was negotiated by the labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta, when he was the top federal prosecutor in Miami, was the subject of a Miami Herald investigation that was cited by both Senator Sasse and Mr. Boyd. The letter does not mention Mr. Acosta by name.
In the letter, Mr. Boyd said the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibilities would look “into allegations that Department attorneys may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the Epstein criminal matter was resolved.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/fbi-jeffrey-epstein.html
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Former Federal Prosecutor Behind Jeffrey Epstein Deal Is Now Trump’s Secretary of Labor (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?528876-Former-Federal-Prosecutor-Behind-Jeffrey-Epstein-Deal-Is-Now-Trump’s-Secretary-of-Labor&)
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How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Nov. 28, 2018
A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break.
On a muggy October morning in 2007, Miami’s top federal prosecutor, Alexander Acosta, had a breakfast appointment with a former colleague, Washington, D.C., attorney Jay Lefkowitz.
Senate/DOJ Investigating FBI's Prosecution Of "Orgy Island Billionaire" Jeffrey Epstein (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?531233-Senate-DOJ-Investigating-FBI-s-Prosecution-Of-quot-Orgy-Island-Billionaire-quot-Jeffrey-Epstein&)
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