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Department of Justice Reveals FBI Wanted To Arrest Jeffrey Epstein In 2007

2020-11-14 16 Dailymotion

Business Insider reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation had its eyes on Jeffrey Epstein long before his death by apparent suicide in a New York City jail cell.<br />The Bureau had plans to arrest Epstein while he was judging a beauty pageant in the US Virgin Islands in 2007, a year before his plea deal.<br />The DoJ's Office of Professional Responsibility released a summary on Thursday of the handling of Epstein's first federal investigation between 2006 and 2008.<br />The full 347-page report detailed law enforcement's plan to take Epstein into custody as early as May of 2007.<br />Alex Acosta, the former Labor Secretary under the Trump administration, was at the time the Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.<br />He agreed to a plea deal to grant immunity from all federal criminal charges to Epstein, along with four named co-conspirators.<br />Epstein owned an island in the US Virgin Islands that he used as his primary residence. Now a tourist destination, it's referred to as 'Pedophile Island.'

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