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Wednesday, March 6, 2 019 NATION 
The Virgin Islands Daily News 9 
Miami U.S. attorney's office recuses 
itself from the Jeffrey Epstein case 
allowed to travel to .w York and his 
private island in the Virgin Islands dur-
__________________________________________ ing his subsequent house arrest. lie was 
MIAMI—Just days before a Friday released in 2009, and now divides his 
deadline, dm Justice Department has time between New York, Palm Beach 
reassigned dte Jeffrey Epstein victims' and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 
rights case to the U.S. attorney, office The Herald interviewed four of Ep-
in Atlanta. dte attorneys representing stein, victims,who were as young as 13 
Epstein, victims saidnesday. at the time they were abused by Epstein. 
Miami fedeml prosecutors, in a let- They said they felt betrayed by state and 
ter to attorneys for the victims Monday. federal prosecutors, who treated them 
said they had recused themselves front like prostitutes instead of victims. Two 
dte case, according to Brad Edwards of tImm sued the federal government in 
and Jack Scarola, represethng Ep- 2008 under the Crime Victims' Rights 
stein, victims. Act, which gmnts crime victims the 
The reassignment means that the right to be informed than plea deals 
U.S. attorney for the Northern District 8IXI to confer with prosecutors. 
of Georgia, Byung J. 'Shy.' Pak. will Marra, in a 33-page opinith. said 
oversee the case 101 62 government prosecutors not only intentionally 16-
P6k, a former Georgia lawmaker, was toted dm Gime Victims' Rights Act, but 
appointed Atlanta, chief federal pros- they mrtled dte girls into believing that 
ecutor by President Donald Trump in the FBI, mx tmfficicing arte apinst Ep-
October 2017. stein was ongoing — when. in fact. pros-
The Justice Department is stillunder motors had secredy closed it after sealing 
a Friday deadline for prosecutors to the plea bargthn front die pthlic record 
confer with dte victi.' attorneys in an Marra, noting that he reviewed af

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