The feds charged him with child pornography, a charge that carried a penalty of up to 15 years in jail, and we convicted him. As with Mr. Acosta, the federal prosecutors in our case were faced with a potentially weak state prosecution of the child rape charges. According to Palm Beach police, child pornography was evident in the Epstein case in 2008. Mr. Acosta and company apparently chose to ignore it. Scott Ray, BethesdaThe writer was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida under Alexander Acosta.

Source: Washington Post July 14, 2019 21:22 UTC