1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,439 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:07,240 Epstein Chronicles. One of the biggest failures when it comes 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,400 to Jeffrey Epstein and the investigation or so called investigation 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,919 into his crimes is the fact that he ended up 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,760 getting that non prosecution agreement, and not only that he 6 00:00:18,839 --> 00:00:23,039 received the agreement, but how Epstein's legal team seemed to 7 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,480 have led the dance. They were the ones that were 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,600 setting the ground, setting the rules, and dictating to the 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,439 prosecution where things were going to go. And for Team Epstein, 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,479 the whole entire goal was to make sure that this 11 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:39,640 was not a federal case, because if this was tried 12 00:00:39,679 --> 00:00:42,920 as a federal case, Jeffrey Epstein would have won away 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,320 for a very long time. They would have been able 14 00:00:45,359 --> 00:00:48,000 to control the blast radius, they would have been able 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,799 to control the witnesses, or the process that would have 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,960 been set into motion. That's why they were so adamant 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,640 about getting it kicked back down to state because they 18 00:00:57,719 --> 00:01:00,240 knew that that process would be a lot easier for 19 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:04,200 them to manipulate the justice system and get Jeffrey Epstein 20 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,840 favorable terms such as going home every day sleeping in 21 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,480 the stockade instead of the regular jail and having a 22 00:01:12,519 --> 00:01:15,640 bunch of other privileges that the rest of us couldn't 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,879 even dream of. And look, we all knew that the 24 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,959 fix was in, but now we have the documentation, the emails, 25 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:24,719 and the information that backs it all up. And what 26 00:01:24,719 --> 00:01:27,439 we're left with is a catastrophic failure by the DOJ, 27 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,920 by the State of Florida, and by everybody involved. So 28 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,959 today we have an article from Bloomberg Law and the 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,920 headline Epstein's lawyer sought to vet influence victim's attorneys. This 30 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:46,519 article was authored by Alexia Fernandez Campbell, Tatiana Monet, and 31 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:52,000 Diana Dombrowski. Jeffrey Epstein's defense team, in an effort led 32 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,879 by Jay Lefkowitz from Kirkland and Ellis, pressured officials at 33 00:01:55,879 --> 00:01:59,920 the Justice Department about the legal representation of Epstein's victims. 34 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:04,760 According to files released in January, look, Lefkowitz was leading 35 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:09,800 the dance, and all these clowns over at Maine Justice, Mukaesi, 36 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,800 Fuliep and the rest of them were all maneuvering to 37 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:18,680 get themselves a position when they left public office. And 38 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,719 they're all friendly with the people over at Kirkland and 39 00:02:20,719 --> 00:02:23,759 Ellis and how many people from Justice ended up working 40 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,800 at Kirkland Ellis. Well, I'll tell you a whole lot 41 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,520 of them. Just go ahead and take a look at 42 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:35,240 the roster of lawyers at Kirkland and Ellis. Experts say 43 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,800 the defense team's conduct amidst the negotiations for the disgraced 44 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,240 financiers two thousand and seven plea deal was an unusual 45 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:46,719 use of influence. Yeah, no shit, it was. The pressure 46 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:49,960 that they were applying to everybody at Maine Justice, to 47 00:02:50,039 --> 00:02:54,479 everybody involved, was absurd and it should have never occurred. 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,319 And it's one of the main reasons, in a whole 49 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,360 line of reasons why the end should be done away with. 50 00:03:01,759 --> 00:03:05,479 Left Kuwitz, along with other lawyers representing Epstein, pressed the 51 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,199 victim's lawyer to take out of court settlements and to 52 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,039 wave their right to sue Epstein under a federal law. 53 00:03:11,319 --> 00:03:14,960 The emails and letters show left Kuwitz recently announced that 54 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,280 he plans to retire from the firm this spring. I'm 55 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,919 sure it's all just a coincidence with all this coming out, 56 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:24,800 But if you've been paying attention, I've been telling you 57 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,280 about left Kowitz for years, and that's because he played 58 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,800 a gigantic role in Jeffrey Epstein getting off. And look, 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,280 it's one thing to do it the way that Didty's 60 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:36,199 lawyers did, and it's a whole last other thing when 61 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,680 you do it the way that Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers did. 62 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,159 Didty's lawyers, well, they actually handled business inside of that courtroom, 63 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,240 and they did a great job on cross examination and 64 00:03:47,319 --> 00:03:49,560 caused some reasonable doubt in the mind of the jurors. 65 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,240 But that's not what happened with Epstein and his lawyers, right. 66 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,800 Everything was outside of the courtroom, back room dealing, deals 67 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,680 on the golf course, calling Maine justice, pressuring people, and 68 00:03:59,759 --> 00:04:04,319 yet yes, threatening people as well. So it's one thing 69 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,560 to be a hard charging prosecutor, right or a great 70 00:04:07,599 --> 00:04:10,840 defense attorney that's willing to toe the line. It's a 71 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:15,400 whole ass other thing entirely when you're engaging in shit that, 72 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:19,199 in my opinion, at the very least, should get you disbarred. 73 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,519 Lefkowitz joined Epstein's defense team in two thousand and seven. 74 00:04:26,759 --> 00:04:29,199 At the time, they were negotiating the plea deal with 75 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,000 federal prosecutors in South Florida to ward off a sixty 76 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:37,680 count indictment related to the sex trafficking of miners. Investigators 77 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,279 had identified thirty four victims who said Epstein's actually abused 78 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,560 them or traffick them to other people. Epstein's lawyers and 79 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,800 the Department of Justice attorneys have been highly criticized for 80 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:54,199 the agreement for years. Well, they should be imagine cutting 81 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:56,279 a deal like this with a dude like Epstein and 82 00:04:56,319 --> 00:04:59,519 thinking there's not going to be any blowback. The documents 83 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:02,800 detail left Quitz push prosecutors to let him vet and 84 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,839 influence the government selection of an independent lawyer to represent 85 00:05:06,879 --> 00:05:11,360 Epstein's victims, inserting language into the deal that limited what 86 00:05:11,439 --> 00:05:14,399 the lawyer could do while Epstein would foot the bill. 87 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,240 When Alex Acosta, the US Attorney for the Southern District 88 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,240 of Florida, rejected the proposal, left Quitz indicated he would 89 00:05:22,319 --> 00:05:26,560 escalate the issue in Washington. Of course, main Justice made 90 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,560 this call. It was never alex Acosta. Bro is a 91 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:34,160 middleman like you would not believe. He's like the general 92 00:05:34,199 --> 00:05:38,600 manager at a taco bell, who can, you know, give 93 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:40,480 you a couple free drinks or something like that if 94 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,319 something screws up. But that's about how far his power goes. 95 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,519 You have to call corporate if you want to get 96 00:05:49,519 --> 00:05:53,879 things moving right, same thing goes for the Justice Department. Well, 97 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,360 you think some middle manager is making a decision such 98 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,399 as this in one of the biggest bureaucracies on earth. 99 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,079 Come on now. Kirkland lawyers would then complain to DOJ 100 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,720 leaders in the nation's capital left. Quitz had worked as 101 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,399 senior adviser to then President George W. Bush, and while 102 00:06:10,439 --> 00:06:14,120 working at Kirkland, was serving as Bush's Human rights envoy 103 00:06:14,399 --> 00:06:17,360 to North Korea, while at the same time defending Jeffrey 104 00:06:17,399 --> 00:06:22,879 Epstein with his colleagues still at Justice Department. How does 105 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,879 that sound fair? And how does that sound reasonable? And 106 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,680 how can anyone be confident that a real investigation took 107 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,600 place when it's rather obvious that the fix was in. 108 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,480 If I were to put myself in Epstein's shoes, paying 109 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:39,079 for them and threatening to withhold the money seems to 110 00:06:39,079 --> 00:06:42,480 be a way of controlling the entire situation, said Shay Rhoades, 111 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,759 director and co founder of the Villanova Law Institute to 112 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:51,519 address Commercial Sexual Exploitation, which educates both criminal defense attorneys 113 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,120 and prosecutors on survivors' rights and sex trafficking laws. It 114 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,160 doesn't matter who's paying the lawyer's bill. The lawyer still 115 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:03,399 works for the client, not the person who's paying the bills. Well, 116 00:07:03,439 --> 00:07:07,319 in a perfect world, but then you insert the Epstein 117 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,160 lawyers here, and it's a whole ass different story, isn't it. 118 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,720 Epstein eventually pleaded guilty to stay charges of procuring a 119 00:07:15,759 --> 00:07:18,879 minor for prostitution in two thousand and eight and served 120 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,839 a year in prison. If you want to call it that, 121 00:07:22,279 --> 00:07:25,480 the document shed new light on the approach that Epstein's 122 00:07:25,519 --> 00:07:28,879 legal defense team used to protect the powerful hedge fund 123 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:33,120 mogul for years. None of this is new, maybe new 124 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:37,079 to people that were asleep at the wheel, but for 125 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,680 those of us who have been following along, this is 126 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,120 exactly what went down. And I think that it's pretty 127 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,879 interesting that more people are now turning their attention to 128 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,720 main justice. And for whatever reason, that's always been a 129 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,519 key part of this story that people like to leave out. 130 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,680 Their job was to protect his criminal liability in that case, 131 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000 and not to rig the civil litigation system against the victor. 132 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:05,120 Scott Cummings, a legal ethics professor at UCLA School of Law, 133 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:10,439 claimed that's not something that you should do. The tactics 134 00:08:10,439 --> 00:08:14,040 appear to have worked left. Kuwitz succeeded in pressuring prosecutors 135 00:08:14,199 --> 00:08:17,480 to change the language in the plea bargain, giving Epstein 136 00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:21,000 the right to approve or reject the independent lawyer picked 137 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:25,000 by the government to represent the victims left. Kowitz avoided 138 00:08:25,199 --> 00:08:29,399 the government's appointment of protective guardianship for the underage girls 139 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,000 and scrap wording that required the attorney's firm to have 140 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,240 experience handling multiple trials at once. The fix was in, 141 00:08:39,879 --> 00:08:42,279 and I'm going to keep hammering this point home until 142 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:47,720 the people in power pay attention. Left. Kuwitz, Acosta, and 143 00:08:47,759 --> 00:08:50,320 Kirkland and Ellis did not respond to request for comment 144 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,519 from Bloomberg Law. It's ultimately on the prosecution for allowing 145 00:08:54,519 --> 00:08:59,279 the concessions, Cummings said, BINGO one hundred percent. As scummy 146 00:08:59,279 --> 00:09:03,000 as I think that Epstein's lawyers are, they're gonna walk 147 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,679 the line. They're gonna do what they have to do. 148 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,519 It's up to the prosecution to tell them to get stuffed. 149 00:09:11,039 --> 00:09:14,320 In no way, shape or form should Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers 150 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,480 be leading the dance. But that's what's been going on 151 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:22,799 from the very beginning. Their obligation is to protect the 152 00:09:22,799 --> 00:09:25,120 integrity of the process and to make sure that the 153 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,879 victims would have some say, not just give in to 154 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,240 Kirkland's lawyer, as he said. Victims rights lawyer Carrie Goldberg 155 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:37,720 described the defense team's maneuvers as extraordinary and absurd. We 156 00:09:37,799 --> 00:09:40,799 do see these kinds of negotiations with very high net 157 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,399 worth people accused of crimes, who hire these super fancy 158 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,679 lawyers who make the government bend to their will, Goldberg said, 159 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,399 But she said, this isn't normal. What's extraordinary about this 160 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,960 situation is just the amount of control that Epstein's lawyers 161 00:09:56,159 --> 00:10:00,120 are asserting over everybody in the process, the DOJ, as 162 00:10:00,159 --> 00:10:03,960 well as the guardian for the victims, Kolberg says. And 163 00:10:04,039 --> 00:10:06,679 it's been a big problem, and I'm very happy that 164 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:12,279 Bloomberg Bloomberg Law is writing this article because people need 165 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:15,720 to understand what happened here, and if we want to 166 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:19,639 address the situation in full, we have to start by 167 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,759 getting rid of that NPA. But to do that, we 168 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:26,360 have to come to terms with the fact that the 169 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:32,519 whole entire thing was rigged. Their effort to distance the 170 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:36,120 women Epstein abused as girls from Pathways to sue Epstein 171 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,440 began in the fall of two thousand and seven, Lefkowitz 172 00:10:40,519 --> 00:10:44,240 requested the US Attorney's Office remove language from the draft 173 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:48,279 non prosecution deal that would require the government to appoint 174 00:10:48,279 --> 00:10:52,960 a guardian and lydium to represent up to forty identified 175 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,519 victims who could pursue monetary damages from Epstein under federal law. 176 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,879 He repeatedly questioned the need for a guardian in emails 177 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:05,960 to Marie Villafauna, the assistant US attorney handling the federal 178 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:11,559 Epstein investigation. Left Kuwitz build a reputation representing high profile clients, 179 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,039 including major health care and pharmaceutical companies throughout his three 180 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:20,519 decade plus tenure at Kirkland. Whereas online profile boasts about 181 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,799 Kirkland being a feared litigation firm, Well, they most certainly are. 182 00:11:26,879 --> 00:11:29,840 And when you're dealing with a big time firm like 183 00:11:29,879 --> 00:11:32,879 this with a bunch of X prosecutors, that's what you're 184 00:11:32,879 --> 00:11:36,519 going to get. You're going to get a firm that 185 00:11:36,639 --> 00:11:40,679 is not scared to litigate, and that's why people hire them. Look, folks, 186 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,639 you have different kinds of attorneys, right you know, your 187 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,200 run of the mill ambulance chase an attorney. You have 188 00:11:47,279 --> 00:11:50,399 other attorneys that want to plea out of everything, and 189 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:55,279 then you have trial attorneys, attorneys that live to fight 190 00:11:55,320 --> 00:12:00,279 the battle inside of the courtroom. And Kirkland Ellis is 191 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,240 filled with those kinds of lawyers, and that was on 192 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,759 full display when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein and the 193 00:12:05,799 --> 00:12:08,600 case down in Florida. You may want to consider simply 194 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,080 appointing a representative, Lefkowitz wrote to her in September of 195 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,559 two thousand and seven. We could agree to someone you 196 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:18,440 considered it appropriate. I'm just not sure the guardian is 197 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:22,519 the right procedural vehicle. Later that day, when Epstein signed 198 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:27,720 the non prosecution agreement, the section outlining legal representation had changed. 199 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:32,159 They would be represented not by a guardian at LIDIUM, 200 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,039 but by an attorney picked by the US Attorney's Office 201 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,919 and approved by Epstein. The agreement also stated that the 202 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,519 Palm Beach financier would pay that attorney's fees. John Browning, 203 00:12:43,759 --> 00:12:47,440 a retired Texas Appella justice and legal ethics professor at 204 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:52,440 Faulkner University Thomas good Jones School of Law, described Epstein 205 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,679 paying for his victims legal representation and having say over 206 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:01,159 who that was as highly unusual. It's one thing to 207 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,799 pay a victims compensation fund or be ordered to pay restitution. 208 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,200 But such arrangement is beyond pal he said. And look, 209 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,960 I'm certainly not a trained lawyer, but that's something I 210 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,440 brought up too. How's that not a conflict of interest? 211 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,559 The guy paying the bills is also the guy that's 212 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:22,799 being charged and being you know, sued for X amount 213 00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:25,200 of dollars. But sure, let's bring a guy that he's 214 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:29,159 paying in to represent the people suing them. Please tell 215 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,519 me how that makes sense. Well, the truth is, you 216 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:33,639 can't tell me how it makes sense, because it doesn't. 217 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,679 And the whole idea was to steamroll a bunch of 218 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:40,320 poor people into accepting whatever the government was serving up. 219 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,799 Over the next few weeks, left Quwitz screened and scrutinized 220 00:13:43,879 --> 00:13:48,120 lawyers Villafana proposed, while floating names he preferred, according to 221 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:52,919 the emails, When prosecutors decided to appoint an independent party, 222 00:13:53,159 --> 00:13:55,840 which they called a Special Master, to pick the victims, 223 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:59,399 Tourney instead, left Quitz pushed to place limits on who 224 00:13:59,399 --> 00:14:04,080 the Special Mass could choose, questioning proposed language requiring the 225 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:07,159 lawyer work for a firm large enough to handle multiple 226 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,679 trials at once. According to the emails, that seems directly 227 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,120 at odds with the purpose of the agreement, which is 228 00:14:14,159 --> 00:14:17,159 to facilitate out of court settlements. Left Kuwitz wrote to 229 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:21,360 Jeffrey Sloman, the first assistant US Attorney in South Florida. 230 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,120 Slowman responded a few days later, saying he would remove 231 00:14:25,159 --> 00:14:29,960 the requirement to satisfy your concern. Slowman and Villa Fauna 232 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:32,919 did not respond to requests for comment, and they're not 233 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,000 going to. None of these scoundrels who were involved or 234 00:14:36,039 --> 00:14:38,919 going to respond because they all know how bad they 235 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,919 look and there is no explanation, no defense for what 236 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:48,120 occurred here. After the Special Master had picked attorneys Robert Bob, 237 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,519 Joseph Berg and one of his partners, left Kowitz raised 238 00:14:51,519 --> 00:14:55,480 concerns in a letter over vetting them more thoroughly. Slowman 239 00:14:55,559 --> 00:14:58,559 pointed out that the defense team had seemed comfortable with 240 00:14:58,639 --> 00:15:02,679 the selection and that Alan Dershowitz, another of Epstein's lawyers, 241 00:15:02,879 --> 00:15:06,679 said he went to law school with Josephsburg. He also 242 00:15:06,759 --> 00:15:10,919 pointed out that Josephsberg and his partner have stellar reputations 243 00:15:11,039 --> 00:15:15,279 based on their legal acumen and ethics. Well get an 244 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,240 endorsement from Dershowitz not exactly a top endorsement. In my opinion, 245 00:15:20,919 --> 00:15:23,480 it's hard for me to imagine how much more vetting 246 00:15:23,559 --> 00:15:26,440 needs to be done. Sloman wrote to left Kowitz, Tomorrow 247 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:29,159 will make one full week since you were formally notified 248 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,840 of the selection. I must insist that the vetting process 249 00:15:32,879 --> 00:15:35,840 come to an end. At the same time, left Kowitz 250 00:15:35,879 --> 00:15:39,320 was fighting to enforce the deal's privacy clause, which was 251 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,639 added by Epstein's team, and keep the victims and their 252 00:15:42,679 --> 00:15:45,519 attorneys in the dark about the existence of the deal 253 00:15:45,919 --> 00:15:50,440 and its associated charges against Epstein CVR violation right off 254 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:55,200 the bat. Neither federal agents nor anyone from your office 255 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,600 should contact the identified individuals to inform them of the 256 00:15:58,639 --> 00:16:02,639 resolution of the case, including appointment of the attorney representative, 257 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,159 and the settlement process. Leftwitz said to Acosta in October 258 00:16:07,159 --> 00:16:10,559 of two thousand and seven email Not only would that 259 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:14,440 violate the confidentiality of the agreement, but mister Epstein would 260 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,440 also have no control over what is communicated to the 261 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:23,799 identified individuals at this most critical stage. The fix was in. Oh, look, 262 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,799 only one girl came forward, and she was seventeen, and 263 00:16:26,879 --> 00:16:29,840 she was about to be eighteen. You dumb, fucking morons. 264 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,399 You got to be an absolute idiot to pitch that narrative. 265 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,799 Goldberg says the move by Leftkwitz and the defense prevented 266 00:16:36,799 --> 00:16:39,480 the victims from putting more pressure on the government to 267 00:16:39,559 --> 00:16:43,000 act on Epstein's criminal matter. When you have this kind 268 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,799 of cooperation between the government and criminal attorneys conspiring against 269 00:16:46,799 --> 00:16:51,879 the victims, that's unusual and exceptional, Goldberg said. And the 270 00:16:51,919 --> 00:16:54,360 part that's the most frustrating for me is that the 271 00:16:54,399 --> 00:16:58,240 DOJ could end this deal tomorrow. They could go to court, 272 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,919 rip the deal up and say Epstein did not comply 273 00:17:01,039 --> 00:17:03,519 with the deal, so the deal is now null and void. 274 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,799 And then from there that means everybody else that was 275 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:13,880 protected by that deal they're open to prosecution now. But 276 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,920 of course Pam Bondi and crash out Patel, they won't 277 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,519 do that, will they. They got better things to do. 278 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,160 Have you looked at the dow Left Kowitz eventually agreed 279 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,680 to Joseph Berg's selection, but still disagreed on the scope 280 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,799 of compensation available to victims under the Federal Civil Remedy 281 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,519 for Personal Injuries, the law which grants victims of sexual 282 00:17:35,519 --> 00:17:40,119 abuse and exploitation damages. We hope to address these issues 283 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:44,480 with Assistant Attorney General Fisher in Washington Leftkowitz wrote in 284 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:47,920 a letter Fastuo Acosta in December of two thousand and seven, 285 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:52,279 referring to Alice Fisher than the head of DOJ's Criminal Division. 286 00:17:52,599 --> 00:17:55,880 The letter was also signed by Kirkland lawyer Kenneth Starr, 287 00:17:56,279 --> 00:18:00,559 the former Independent Council whose investigation led to former President 288 00:18:00,559 --> 00:18:07,200 Bill Clinton's impeachment. Jeffrey Epstein's rising star, good Old ken Starr. 289 00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:11,119 Wasn't he also in charge over at Baylor when they 290 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,519 had their issues with sexual assault? Oh that's right, he was, huh, 291 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,200 good Old ken Starr, mister morality himself. Weeks before that 292 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,200 December two thousand and seven, facts to Acosta, Star had 293 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,519 requested a meeting with Fisher, accusing South Florida prosecutors of 294 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:30,799 improperly compelling Epstein to pay civil damages under federal law 295 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,960 for a plea on state charges. Fisher later told investigators 296 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,160 she didn't remember reading the letter, and the Justice Department 297 00:18:38,279 --> 00:18:41,880 report said that Fisher did not grant the requested meeting. 298 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:48,839 Sure she didn't, maybe not officially, but backdoored channeled probably. Now. Look, 299 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,799 I certainly don't have the proof to back that up, 300 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:56,599 but I'm going on what's logical? Right? Do we really 301 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,519 think that these people only had meetings that were on 302 00:18:58,559 --> 00:19:04,160 the books. By the end of two thousand and seven, 303 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:08,240 correspondence about the victim's representation between the Justice Department left 304 00:19:08,279 --> 00:19:12,640 Kuwitz had grown contentious. Your attacks on me and on 305 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,680 the victims established why I wanted to find someone whom 306 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,960 I could trust with safeguarding the victim's best interest in 307 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,200 the face of intense pressure from an unlimited number of 308 00:19:22,279 --> 00:19:25,519 highly skilled and well paid attorneys and assist in US 309 00:19:25,559 --> 00:19:28,519 Attorney and Accosta's office, wrote to left Kuwitz in December 310 00:19:28,559 --> 00:19:32,640 of that year. Once Josephsbergs got to work and began 311 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,720 evaluating the claims of his new clients, he had also 312 00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,200 clashed with left Kuwitz, who sent in an email that 313 00:19:38,519 --> 00:19:42,400 Joseph Berg couldn't sue Epstein on their behalf. Left Kowitz 314 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,440 threatened to stop paying Joseph berg fees if he didn't 315 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,759 focus on getting the victims to settle for fifty thousand dollars. 316 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,720 This is a mafia run operation. Basically, who does left 317 00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:57,400 Quitz think he is? Tom Hagen? Dealing with the band leader? Like, Buddy, 318 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:01,359 what do you think you're doing here? Joseph Berg fumed 319 00:20:01,519 --> 00:20:04,359 and accused Epstein a breach in the plea deal. Perhaps 320 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,319 your client thought that he could victimize and intimidate countless 321 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,559 underage girls, that he would then agree to provide minimal 322 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:13,480 compensation to them for the damage he inflicted upon them, 323 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,359 and that I would simply let them come in and 324 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,039 sign the paperwork for the absolute minimum recovery. Joseph Berg 325 00:20:20,079 --> 00:20:23,319 email left Kuwitz. In response, he added that he was 326 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,079 not a clerk, just there to document a settlement and 327 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:31,680 get the minimum payout without fully evaluating their claims. Settling 328 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,480 their cases in a vacuum would amount to malpractice, he wrote, 329 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,960 no doubt about it, and thankfully Joseph Berg pushed back, 330 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,480 imagine being a trained attorney, you know, an attorney of 331 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,720 note who has pride, and then just playing ball with 332 00:20:47,839 --> 00:20:52,119 those comebacks for some kind of financial gain. And the 333 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,079 truth is there's a lot of lawyers out there that 334 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:59,480 would have no problem doing it. Left Kowitz denied breaching 335 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,039 the agreement and reiterated his view that Joseph Berg's work 336 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,279 far exceeded the scope of the plea deal. Cummings of 337 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:10,160 UCLA said the defense lawyer can't exert influence just because 338 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,799 their client is paying and they can't help their client 339 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:17,279 interfere with the independent judgment of the victim's lawyer. In 340 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:20,000 May of two thousand and nine, Joseph Berg sued Epstein 341 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,799 on behalf of Virginia Roberts, who claimed that she was 342 00:21:22,839 --> 00:21:26,920 sectually abused by Epstein and traffick to prominent men including 343 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,960 Andrew mount Batten Winsall, the former Prince Andrew. By June, 344 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,880 Epstein stopped paying Joseph Berg's fees. He would eventually take 345 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,680 Epstein to court for breaching the plea deal, and they 346 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:44,279 reached the settlement for an undisclosed amount settlement. This settlement 347 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,640 that everybody gets a settlement, and that's how people like 348 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,759 Epstein continue to get away with their bullshit. They just 349 00:21:50,799 --> 00:21:53,119 pay people off time and time again. And the sad 350 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,640 truth is that's how our system is set up. The 351 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,880 whole entire idea is so that the men of always 352 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:02,559 can continue to pray on the children of Never, and 353 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,359 if they happen to get caught or outed, well, what's 354 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,119 the next move. I'll pay a settlement. And this is 355 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,920 the story, time and time again, they get to pay 356 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,799 their way out of trouble. Nobody goes to prison, and 357 00:22:13,839 --> 00:22:16,039 they just move on to the next victim. And the 358 00:22:16,079 --> 00:22:20,480 sad truth is, for people like this, the next victim 359 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:25,119 is never far away. All right, folks, that's gonna do 360 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,759 it for this one. All the information that goes with 361 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,359 this episode can be found in the description box.