Acosta Out; Are There DoJ Files Available?

Acosta has stepped down as SecLab.

NY Mag finds hedge fund managers who don't think Epstein managed a real hedge fund. Their guess: he blackmailed his clients. Well, call it 'blackmail-lite' - investors pay Epstein, say, 2% per year and he puts the money in Treasuries and index funds. Epstein raises $1 billion, pockets $20 million a year, lives the life. If the fees are higher but the clients are paying for regular access to the young ladies, well, more money for Epstein. Of course, that is a lot less like blackmail and a lot more like a disguised fee for service. This theory also works with the idea that Epstein was pals with some wealthy Saudis and was shaking down the sheiks for cash and intelligence (hence Epstein's ownership by US intel), as reportedly claimed by Acosta during his Trump transition interviews).

A waving red flag that libs are worried about just who was being protected is this ludicrously framed article by Dahlia Lithwick at Slate:

How Alex Acosta Got Away With It for So Long

Acosta got away with it? What was in it for him? And why (as Ms. Lithwick eventually acknowledges in the hundredth paragraph) were so many other of the high and mighty also abetting Epstein? Why, for example, did Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance go easy on Epstein? Acosta's reach extended that far? Please.

The real question is why did the system protect Epstein. And on that point, I have yet to see any reporting describing the prosecutor's case files down in the Southern District of Florida. Unless the DoJ is unique in the history of bureaucracies, I expect there is surviving paperwork documenting the charging decision. The Miami Herald, in their exhaustive Epstein investigation, claimed access to other documents but nothing from the SD FL (my emphasis):

Not only would Epstein serve just 13 months in the county jail, but the deal — called a non-prosecution agreement — essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were more victims and other powerful people who took part in Epstein’s sex crimes, according to a Miami Herald examination of thousands of emails, court documents and FBI records.

There is also the odd aspect that the plea agreement bars pursuit of Epstein's co-conspirators. Isn't that a bit of clue that maybe the point was to protect people other than Epstein?

Well. My Frequently Unasked Questions: Would there normally be contemporaneous DoJ paperwork on a typical case? Is there paperwork for the Epstein case or did the dog eat it? If there is paperwork, shouldn't the DoJ Inspector General and Congressional overseers have access to it?

We heard Acosta's rationalizations on Wednesday, but is there contemporaneous support for it? Or some other explanation, such as a note citing a senior DoJ official telling Acosta that the intelligence community has asked them to back away?

Where are the leaks??? Or is this a situation where the usual media suspects have been advised that "I'd tell you but then you'd want to kill yourself"?

 

Comments

[Narciso79]

But they've convicted tommie Robinson so:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7237365/Palace-Westminster-seen-fire-chilling-online-ISIS-threat.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR2-mlNk-rkDKyMmVVznE_2aSYg5e7qz_5vOR2og3jmVol4E8hvjCKNprII

[Threadkiller]

Well said, fdcol63.

[Old Lurker]

This "But, in my darker moments, I think this is precisely their plan ..... to create a global conflict that helps to wipe out a significant portion of the global population."

Is precisely what I think, along with the rest of your post, fdcol.

[James D.]

But, in my darker moments, I think this is precisely their plan ..... to create a global conflict that helps to wipe out a significant portion of the global population.

There are enough leftists who’ve talked openly about reducing the population to that level.

I imagine you could also find language abut that in some of the horrible things rse finds and pores through.

[clarice]

h/t Insty:https://www.adflegal.org/detailspages/blog-details/allianceedge/2019/07/03/can-unelected-officials-rewrite-federal-law-this-supreme-court-case-will-tell-us

[D]

Agree with TK and Clarice and Steph.
However if insults from TomR start flying I will be there to hold him accountable.

[D]

Fdcol63:
Wonderful post with your thoughts expressed clearly and also in a pithy manner.
Thank you.

[MissMarple2]

fdcol63,

The way I see it, it's a flat-out battle between good and evil. The rampant pedophilia is a sure sign, as well as citizens selling their own nations out for money and power.

So (and I am used to being scorned over this attitude) I honestly believe Trump is heroic. He sacrificed a lavish lifestyle and public adulation to run for office and go about doing his best to save this country. In doing so, he has risked his life, his family, and his business.

And he is doing so, keeping as many promises as he is able (and a damn sight more than we have seen any president do within my memory).

He believed in this enough to get his family to enlist, to get the support of Mike Pence (who, although not the most silver-tongued of orators, was a righteous governor in my state) and to get the support of Jerry Falwell, Franklin Graham, and that group of black pastors.

He tweeted about pedophiles way back in 2011 or 2012. He has stood against abortion. He has convinced the Saudis to relax their restrictions on women (not as fast as Americans would like, but it's a start). He recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Having been so disappointed in so many politicians over the years, I firmly believe this man will be one day recognized as a great man, as great as Washington or Lincoln.

I also believe that he may be supported by God, which may sound nutty, but how else to explain his success?

Anyway, that is my personal opinion. No one has to agree with me, but I hope in reading this post, people will get a little more hope in their hearts.

[D]

Steph:
Congrats on cashing in big time in Biloxi!
More Christmas presents for the grandkids.

[Captain Hate]

Greetings from Denali from which I will soon assume radio silence. Nice easy trip here from Fairbanks. Rained a bit to knock the fires and smoke down. Plus it's cooler.

Try not to flame each other without my calming influence 😉

[James D.]

Everybody knew, nobody cared, part 900:

https://pjmedia.com/trending/cover-up-calendar-showing-harvard-profs-meeting-sex-criminal-epstein-scraped-from-internet/

[Robin, eff 'em all]

"Skeptical" is a Ledgeworthy attribute.

:-)

TK....heh.

[MissMarple2]

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/court-docs-prosecutors-ask-to-present-evidence-that-nxivm-sex-cult-leaders-illegally-bundled-money-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/

I am not the least bit surprised.

[Another Bob]

5:02: I ask that fdcol63 keep it coming.

5:06: fdcol63 delivers.

[Tom R]

fdcol @ 5:06

Good post. Just so you know I don't think everyone on the Ledge is a doom and glooming Eeyore. If I ever take issue with something you write I will quote you directly so there is no confusion.

BTW one of the few benefits of getting a Poli Sci degree in the 80s when the Cold War with the Soviets was still in progress AND at a university that wasn't under the control of Cultural Marxist professors is that I learned a lot in the History of Communism class. The professor for that class was a staunch anti-Communist and spent a lot of time discussing the history of Communism in the US. I took this class after Yuri Bezmenov had defected and revealed all of the subversive tactics that the KGB was using against the US. His videos are on YouTube if you haven't seen them.

I point that out to you only so that you know you are preaching to the choir when it comes to understanding the vastness of the enemy/problem.

[D]

We already have hope in our hearts.
I speak for myself when I say we can’t put all of this transformation and cleaning up the Deep State Swamp on President Trump alone.
When something being done like the census, is hobbled by judges and dishonest Dems we have to have A Plan B revealed by the President yesterday and which I applauded.
However Paul Ryan was correct when-he stated coming in from the business world Trump did not have a full knowledge of government. Ryan helped him for as long as he could becausequite frankly Trump can be a tough boss.
I read the president’s tweets today and the responses from readers.
About 50/50 pro and con,
I find this behavior on his part unhelpful but accept it as his modus operandi.
I would remind ourpresidrnt that Paul Ryan got him the tax cuts which are now helping the overall economy and Salk Americans.
Heroic?
No just a goidpresident.
On a scale of Lincoln?
Not even close.
His legacy will be a good one.
History will be kind to his years as president.

[Old Lurker]

you da man, A-bob.

[Another Bob]

Not really.

[Robin, eff 'em all]

However, my greatest fear is that they ... unlike previous generations ... are so much more ignorant of American history and our Founding, and have been SOOO indoctrinated to doubt and even be hostile to the notion that America is an exceptional nation and better than most, that when the foundations of their current belief systems have been yanked from under their feet that they will then fall ... and believe .... and place their trust in .... another form of government that is even worse.

Yes, that is the great fear, but then I live in the land of the crazy people. I look around at how many GOOD people there are, living their lives, coaching the teams, returning the found wallet, and playing cute games with the lost stuffed animal at the airport, stepping up to help out every time, volunteering for whatever whenever, and always asking, "How can I help?" and I am optimistic. Because even in the land of the crazy people, when the shit goes down, plenty of people, no matter what demographic, stop and help.

How can one not be hopeful about a people that still asks, "How can I help?"

And I sometimes think our great divide in this nation is really about how we offer help and who gets to determine what constitutes that help.

But that's just me.

[boris]

In some ways this civil war (or uncivil war if you prefer) is harder to win than North vs South.

Lincoln might not be a bad comparison.

If he (we) continues to win.

[MissMarple2]

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/452862-9th-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-trump-admin-in-sanctuary-city-case

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Congrats on cashing in big time in Biloxi!
More Christmas presents for the grandkids.

Thanks MR.

It actually covers our spur of the moment trip planning for Labor Day weekend! Taking my parents and K, D and Ariel.

First times at the beach are so much fun!

[clarice]

I'd like to congratulate you, Stephanie, but I'm too jealous. ( ;) )

[MissMarple2]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jeffrey-epstein-tampered-witnesses-sent-350k-2-people-prosecutors-n1029381

[Jane]

Capt,

What's the temp?

[Tonto]

Narcisco -- no, it's Theatrical Trailer, American Film Theatre. It kills me that I can't link it!

[clarice]

Yes, ch, your moderating influence is missed.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/452862-9th-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-trump-admin-in-sanctuary-city-case

[D]

Robin:
Totally agree.
At the school I sub at :American History is taught senior year by two very conservative teachers.
The students really learn the true story of our history.
I am also very positive about young people.
They are primarily pro-life and service to others is a key part of their education.

[Extraneus]

Interesting that the judge cited Chevron in her dissent. If even the libs are turning against it, Chevron is surely going down.

[Robin, eff 'em all]

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-dmv-sells-your-personal-information-to-private-companies-marketing-firms

This explains a lot.

One of the data brokers accessing Florida DMV information is Arkansas-based marketing firm Acxiom, which has an agreement with the state to buy driver and ID cardholder data for a penny a record.

On its website, Acxiom claims it has collected information from almost every adult in the United States.

“Acxiom provides clients with access to 2.5 billion customers and two-thirds of the world’s population,” states a promotional video on Acxiom’s website, which claims the company has a client list that includes banks, automakers and department stores.

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by the President. Photos at the link.

Toured the Donna Processing Center with @SecondLady and saw firsthand how even in the face of our overwhelmed facilities, @CBP is providing humane and compassionate care. Congress MUST reform our laws to end this unsustainable crisis of illegal immigration at the border. pic.twitter.com/zQZkJKRGU4

— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) July 12, 2019

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by the President.

Vice President Mike Pence Verified Account @VP

Earlier this year President @realDonaldTrump declared the border crisis a national emergency and today Mexico is doing more to secure the border than Democrats in Congress. We won’t rest or relent until we put an END to the crisis once and for all!

[Jane]

Robin,

I opted out of Axciom today. I hope it works.

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump Verified Account @realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Following Following @realDonaldTrump

 More

Tennessee loving Bill Hagerty, who was my Tennessee Victoy Chair and is now the very outstanding Ambassador to Japan, will be running for the U.S. Senate. He is strong on crime, borders & our 2nd A. Loves our Military & our Vets. Has my Complete & Total Endorsement!

[henry]

Robin, WI has an opt out checkoff that allows us to say no. The key is to never purchase anything at a store that wants a DL scan. (Liquor, alcohol, prescriptions. Show them the card, but never let it out of your hands. They can type a birthday to confirm. (And clerks get pissed when I tell them I’d be delighted if they call the police. They know).

https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/license-drvs/rcd-crsh-rpt/privacy.aspx

[MissMarple2]

Daggone it! Sorry I messed up that post.

[Threadkiller]

Tonto, is this it?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t6HgIonzQls

[MissMarple2]

TWICE I have tried to post the President's tweet with video of his visit to Wisconsin.

I can only conclude it is on a list that Typepad is following. Please go to his Twitter page and you can find the link.

This should convince you that the Social Media conference was necessary.

[henry]

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1149777787747803136?s=21

This one?

[clarice]

https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/11/doj-attorney-says-russian-government-nothing-troll-farms/

[MissMarple2]

https://bongino.com/whoa-black-caucus-members-accuse-aoc-supporting-pac-of-trying-to-unseat-black-reps/

How about that!

[MissMarple2]

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20181208/cerabino-epstein-case-first-went-wrong-right-here

Gave immunity to those who participated!

[MissMarple2]

Donald J. Trump Verified Account @realDoaldTrump

The DOW, S&P 500, and NASDAQ all close the week at a new record high!

[MissMarple2]

From a poster on Twitter in the last few minutes:

Lolololol SDNY done with Trump Organization - no charges.

9th circuit rules that Trump can withhold funds from sanctuary cities.

This is just within the past 2 hours.

FILL MY BATH, LIBS

[Robin, eff 'em all]

I really enjoyed watching these two create a lithograph. The old press at work and the monumental stone they used were captivating.

https://www.peopleofprint.com/lithography/ella-pitr-how-to-make-a-lithograph/

[MissMarple2]

♦️GOOSEBUMPS & TEARS♦️

Sir Nicolas Winton risked his life to save 669 children during the holocaust.

He never told a soul.

50 years later he gets a HUGE surprise...

A TRUE HERO and God’s blessing during the most horrific times.

♥️FAVORITE HUMAN KINDNESS STORY EVER♥️ pic.twitter.com/DRzYc2PDxo

— MAGA🇺🇸Gwen (@MAGAGwen) July 12, 2019

Video at the link.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/trump-goes-there-calls-out-ilhan-omars-shady-marriage-if-even-half-the-stuff-they-say-about-omar-are-true-she-shouldnt-even-be-in-office-video/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7241507/Dramatic-bodycam-video-shows-hero-cop-saving-12-day-old-baby-stopped-breathing.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

[Jane]

D,

If you really want to be helpful, you will block Tom’s pots. It does nothing to rebut him. We are losing our home.

[Jane]

‘Posts” not pots.

[D]

Jane:
Ok I will.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.ft.com/content/e6c69a10-a2a1-11e9-974c-ad1c6ab5efd1

Title: Recipes from the kitchen of Richard II

[Extraneus]

That lithograph video was great, Robin.

[bubarooni]

Sage advice Jane.

I don't block anyone and read everyone.

I do engage in Scrolling On By when things get convoluted.

I always find something good to read on this blog when I do so.

[Tonto]

Thread -- Yes! Thank you. (Never SOB your posts, btw!)

[Tonto]

Threadkiller's 6:22 exactly captures what I feel about this JOM family bickering.

[D]

I will scroll on by because I don’t have the block feature.

[Extraneus]

So Mueller has absolutely no evidence of Russian gov't interference in the 2018 election other than his reliance on Crowdstrike?

Interesting that they're saying the 1-week delay is due to the amount of time junior Dem congresspeople might have to ask him viral-video questions.

[D]

Ext:
The question on Fox News was is he even going to testify at all?
I think he might just tell them no at the last minute.

[PDinDetroit]

Posted by: Robin | July 12, 2019 at 06:13 PM

Database name is EVEREST. Way beyond DMZ, pretty much everything ever bought by someone.

Ever buy a new vehicle?

Ever have a shopping discount or membership card?

Yeah, they have data back to the 1960's. at least...

[henry]

A thread on the government ‘s response to Epstein ‘s bail request. (tl:dr:: Hell No on bail for this punk). It also links the documents.

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1149794771835195394?s=21

[bubarooni]

Thanks Tonto!

[Rocco]

TC, it's always a pleasure to see you posting. But...you've some splainin to do.

Clinton’s presence aboard Jeffrey Epstein’s Boeing 727 on 11 occasions has been reported, but flight logs show the number is more than double that, and trips between 2001 and 2003 included extended junkets around the world with Epstein and fellow passengers identified on manifests by their initials or first names, including “Tatiana.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/flight-logs-show-bill-clinton-flew-on-sex-offenders-jet-much-more-than-previously-known

[Narciso79]

Maybe this one:

https://youtu.be/Br3AT6FMmhw

[Extraneus]

I think he might just tell them no at the last minute.

I predicted that he wouldn't testify a long time ago, so I don't think I've commented on that again in a while, but I was surprised by the agreement for him to testify on 7/17, and even more so by the Nadler subpoana that spawned it. What a fool. Nadler wants Nunes and Ratcliffe and Gohmert to finally be able to ask Mueller questions, basically under oath?

How could Mueller survive that without taking the 5th?

[D]

Tonto:
Keep posting.
We like to hear from you.

[D]

Rocco:
Great post.
Of course Clinton did which is why Cuomo has his marching orders to cover it up,

[henry]

Fine vid at link.

@IWV

AOC was not prepared for Former ICE Director Thomas Homan 2.0, "If you want to seek asylum you go through the port of entry. You do it the legal way." #BorderCrisis

https://twitter.com/iwv/status/1149798624785850373?s=21

[D]

Ext:
Mueller won’t be able to.

[Narciso79]

They expected an earth shattering kaboon:

https://mobile.twitter.com/eorden/status/1149802048633942021

[PDinDetroit]

Posted by: clarice | July 12, 2019 at 05:17 PM

In my backyard, yet never heard about this until now. Let us hope that Dread Pirate Roberts sides not with the Lieberals.

[Momto2]

I felt a surge of hope today just walking in and out of the gas station. As I walked to the door, I was several yards away and a young AA man with dreadlocks stood and held the door open until I got there. He looked me in the eye and smiled as I thanked him. As I left, another young guy who appeared to be perhaps Mexican also held the door, looked at me, and spoke politely. I thought, "It's good sometimes to close the computer and get out in the real world!"

[Robin, eff 'em all]

Momto2 at 8:05,

YES. Thank you for sharing.

[Jane]

Momto2,

I experience that stuff a lot. (And I pay it back). I assume all those people are on my side.

[clarice]

Well, mom, that's what you get when you wear a bikini to the gas station.

[GUS]

Going into a store, a middle aged black man held the door for me. I'm on crutches, and I was quite grateful. There is a LOT of good in the World, and WE are Americans.

[Narciso79]

This was an earlier foolish decision

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-rule-requiring-drug-prices-in-tv-ads-blocked-11562634281?reflink=share_mobilewebshare&fbclid=IwAR0-63PVPt55orVGiG1ByQZ-tdnXai5TaV0ak_9cP94aMtukDf98dYNJFQQ

[MissMarple2]

https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/12/tom-homan-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-immigration/

Homan makes AOC look pretty ignorant.

[Narciso79]

She has to aspire to ignorance, it would be an accomplishment.

[MissMarple2]

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/07/12/us-religious-freedom-envoy-insists-vatican-china-deal-should-be-made-public/

I think it's deal if Sam Brownback, a devout Catholic, is saying that the deal should be made public.

[MissMarple2]

An excellent compare and contrast:

https://twitter.com/CensoredC1/status/1149780118195208193

[Narciso79]

I think zoolander is too charitable a description for trudeau.

[Narciso79]

The charming Ali Watkins still has the times byline, but mostly she seems to ceding soace to the heralds Patricia mazzei.

[henry]

Does Trudeau play a stringed instrument by chance?

[henry]

Only ask because his is floundering as Canada goes down the tubes.

Also Nereau sorta works.

[Narciso79]

Air guitar probably:

https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/halper-cambridge-spy-event/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/12/chicago-mayor-bans-ice-from-accessing-police-databases-before-raids/

Does this qualify as open rebellion?

[Narciso79]

Shes still a lizard, albeit a better one than oretzwinkle

[MissMarple2]

Leaving the Great State of Ohio! pic.twitter.com/WTLC1fFzWl

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2019

Video at link.

[Narciso79]

Well if they had Timothy McGee they could hack it from the outside.

[Narciso79]

First the border patrol, now this:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ntd.com/puerto-rico-governor-apologizes-for-private-chat-that-drew-ire_355893.html/amp

I would have used stronger language for the council president

[MissMarple2]

Chopper presser by the President on his way to Wisconsin. Video at the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNmr9Rf-xd0

[MissMarple2]

Think I had better head to bed.

Nytol!

[Thomas Collins]

Destiny and Tatiana have too much class to go on a flight with Epstein, Rocco! :-)

[RattlerGator]

Hey, y'all.

The storm clouds are gathering, aren't they? The Trump Admin continues to inspire confidence, doesn't it? Faith, patience and vigilance reigns supreme!

Now . . . about this board.

I will not cite names, but reading this thread: I could have sworn in an earlier drop-in a month or three back a truce was called and everyone was moving on and scrolling on by when necessary. Right? Let it be so, please. Men folk, please. This place is too valuable to devolve into that shiznit.

[Narciso79]

That hasn't been born out yet, until one of more of these players are in the docket.

[Narciso79]

If this had happened in Miami, hed be a good villain for Burn notice, probably half an arc.

[clarice]

Hi , RG--Air kiss air kiss.

[RattlerGator]

Love you, Brainiac.

[Narciso79]

How go the two projects you were working on?