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From: J [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Sent: 3/5/2019 11:21:53 PM To: Lilly Sanchez Subject: Re: Herald Privileged - Redacted On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 6:08 PM Lilly Sanchez <________________________l> wrote: Miami U.S. Attorney's Office recuses itself from Jeffrey Epstein case Play Video DurationA 3:51 AG nominee Barr pledges to look into handling of Epstein case Sen. Ben Sasse questioned attorney general nominee William Barr about the Jeffrey Epstein case on January 15, 2019, getting the nominee to commit to having the Department of Justice look into the handling of that case if confirmed. C-SPAN Meta Viers BY JULIE K. BROWN jbrown@miamiherald.corn • • • R REPRINT OF THIS STORY Just days before a Friday deadline, the Justice Department has reassigned the Jeffrey Epstein victims' rights case to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Atlanta, the attorneys representing Epstein's victims' attorneys said Tuesday. Miami federal prosecutors, in letter to attorneys for the victims's lawyers on Monday, said they had recused themselves from the case, according to Brad Edwards and Jack Scarola, representing Epstein's victims. The reassignment means that the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. "BJay" Pak, will oversee the case for the government. Pak, a former Georgia lawmaker, was appointed Atlanta's chief federal prosecutor by President Trump in October 2017. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 031392 The Justice Department is still under a Friday deadline for prosecutors to confer with the victims' attorneys in an effort to settle the case. On Feb. 22, U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in Palm Beach ruled that federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage girls in Palm Beach who had been sexually abused by Epstein, a multimillionaire New York hedge fund manager. Marra stopped short of voiding the agreement, which granted Epstein and an untold numbe […]