"FBI Director Kash Patel testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who served under his first administration, committed the original sin in the Jeffrey Epstein case. As U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 2008, Acosta oversaw a secret non-prosecution deal with Epstein that allowed the financier to plead guilty to state charges involving a single underage victim, shielding him from federal prosecution."
"A Justice Department review later concluded that Acosta made the pivotal decision to resolve the federal investigation of Epstein through a state-based plea and either developed or approved the terms of the initial offer to the defense that set the beginning point for the subsequent negotiations that led to the agreement. During his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Patel pointed at Acosta for having committed the original sin in Epstein's case."
"Now I know that there's a lot of talk about Epstein. And I'm here to testify that the original sin in the Epstein case was the way it was initially brought by Mr. Acosta back in 2006. The original case involved a very limited search warrant or set of search warrants and didn't take as much investigatory material it should have seized. If I were the FBI director then, it wouldn't have happened."
FBI Director Kash Patel identified Alex Acosta's handling of the Epstein matter as the original sin, citing limited search warrants and a narrow investigation. As U.S. attorney in 2008, Acosta approved a secret non-prosecution agreement that allowed Epstein to plead to state charges involving a single underage victim and avoided federal prosecution. A Justice Department review found Acosta made the pivotal decision to resolve the federal probe through a state-based plea and either developed or approved the initial offer terms. Court mandates and protective orders subsequently restricted access to seized materials.
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