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From: Darren Indyke 
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Subject: Acosta plea deal in Epstein sex case defended by former aide I Miami Herald 
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https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article226168500.html 
Top aide of Jeffrey Epstein 
prosecutor Acosta: We acted with 
integrity 
February 15, 2019 12:17 PM 
Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a free man, despite sexually abusing 
dozens of underage girls according to police and prosecutors. His victims have never 
had a voice, until now. By Emily Michot I Julie K. Brown  
A former top prosecutor involved in the Jeffrey Epstein sex case is defending his old 
boss, Alexander Acosta, whose decision to craft a secret plea deal with the wealthy 
New York hedge fund manager has come under federal scrutiny. 
In his first public comments on the 10-year-old case, Jeffrey H. Sloman — who at 
the time was second in command under Acosta at the U.S. Attorney's Office in 
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Miami — said prosecutors resolved the case based on the facts and evidence, and 
what he called "legal impediments," including the belief that many of Epstein's 
teenage victims were too "terrified" to cooperate in the case. 
"Given the obstacles we faced in fashioning a robust federal prosecution, we decided 
to negotiate a resolution," said Sloman, now in private practice. "We did not reach 
this decision lightly and it came only after significant and often rancorous internal 
debate." 
Jeffrey Sloman, who was second-in-command to then-U.S. Attorney Alexander 
Acosta when the latter was deciding whether to prosecute Jeffrey Epstein, says the 
office handled the case properly. Aixa Montero Holt 
In a lengthy opinion piece  submitted to the Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sloman 
alleges that the attacks on Acosta's role in the controve

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