" 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," Patel said before the Senate Judiciary Committee."
"Mr. Acosta allowed Epstein to enter, in 2008, a plea and non prosecution agreement, which then the courts issued mandates and protective orders, legally prohibiting anyone from ever seeing that material ever again without the permission of the court," Patel said."
"Acosta exercised "poor judgment" when he signed off on the sweetheart deal but did not commit "professional misconduct," the Justice Department concluded in 2020."
A limited set of search warrants failed to seize as much investigatory material as warranted. The 2008 non-prosecution agreement allowed Jeffrey Epstein to enter a plea and receive an 18-month Florida state prison sentence. Courts issued mandates and protective orders that legally prohibit access to the related material without court permission. The Justice Department concluded in 2020 that Acosta exercised poor judgment in approving the deal but did not commit professional misconduct. House Oversight Committee chair James Comer announced Acosta will appear voluntarily for a transcribed interview on Sept. 19; Acosta was not part of earlier subpoenas issued in August.
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