Manhattan DA's office allegedly aided Jeffrey Epstein by downgrading his sex‑offender status
The passage links a senior prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to a concrete action that benefitted Jeffrey Epstein, a high‑profile billionaire accused of extensive sexual abuse. It Assistant DA Jennifer Gaffney, deputy chief of Cyrus Vance Jr.’s sex‑crimes unit, requested a downgr The request sought to move Epstein from Level 3 (most dangerous) to Level 1 (least restrictive). J
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The passage links a senior prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to a concrete action that benefitted Jeffrey Epstein, a high‑profile billionaire accused of extensive sexual abuse. It Assistant DA Jennifer Gaffney, deputy chief of Cyrus Vance Jr.’s sex‑crimes unit, requested a downgr The request sought to move Epstein from Level 3 (most dangerous) to Level 1 (least restrictive). J
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“...“| have never seen the prosecutor’s office do anything like this,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ruth Pickholz toid Gaffney. “| have done many [cases] much less troubling than this one where [prosecutors] would...”
JENNIFER GAFFNEY“...yers’ claim that “there are no real victims here,” records obtained by the Post show. Assistant DA Jennifer Gaffney, then-deputy chief of Cyrus Vance Jr’s sex-crimes unit, in January 2011 asked a Manhattan judge to...”
Jeffrey Epstein“...ecca Rosenberg, Larry Celona, Susan Edelman and Isabel Vincent December 1, 2018 | 8:47pm | Updated Jeffrey Epstein The Manhattan DA's office once went to bat for billionaire pervert Jeffrey Epstein, after botching...”
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From: (USANYS)" To: ' (USANYS)" c Subject: FW: SDNY News Clips Monday, August 19, 2019 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 21:17:23 +0000 Attachments: 2019 8-19.pdf According to WSJ, there were two prosecutors in DANY who handled Epstein's effort to get reduced sex offender level: Jennifer Gaffney and Pat Egan. Documents Show Efforts by Jeffrey Epstein's Attorneys to Sway Prosecutors WSJ By Joe Palazzolo 8/18/19 Local prosecutors in Manhattan labeled Jeffrey Epstein a low-level sex offender nearly a decade ago, against the recommendation of a state panel of experts and to the shock of a New York judge. Documents obtained through a public-records request provide new insight into how Mr. Epstein wielded influence within the criminal justice system, as his lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis LLP tried to prevent the financier from having to report to New York City police regularly or appear in a public sex-offender database. Attorneys Jay Lefkowitz and Sandra Musumeci recruited the former st
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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 32 Filed UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Government, - against - JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. • • x ~'/1WI/1e P— 1- t 13 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILEaft 19 CR. 490 (RMB) DECISION & ORDER REMANDING DEFENDANT A. Background This ruling follows the Court's bail hearing held on July IS, 2019. The issue before the Court is whether the Defendant should continue to be remanded (incarcerated) pending trial or whether he should be granted release while the case proceeds. No matter the answer to this question and no matter what has been said in Court in analyzing the matter. this is a criminal case and the Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein. is innocent of the Federal charges alleged against him now and until such time, if it comes, that a jury or the Court finds (after fair and thorough consideration of the facts and the law) that he is guilty. 5sg Transcript. dated
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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 32 Filed
Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 32 Filed 19 1 o4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, - against - JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Government, Defendant. —x • x USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 19 CR. 490 (RMB) DECISION & ORDER REMANDING DEFENDANT A. Background This ruling follows the Court's bail hearing held on July IS, 2019. The issue before the Court is whether the Defendant should continue to be remanded (incarcerated) pending trial or whether he should be granted release while the case proceeds. No matter the answer to this question and no matter what has been said in Court in analyzing the matter, this is a criminal case and the Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein, is innocent of the Federal charges alleged against him now and until such time, if it comes, that a jury or the Court finds (after fair and thorough consideration of the facts and the law) that he is guilty. 5ss Transcript, dated July 8, 2019
Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 32 Filed
Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 32 Filed UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Government, - against - JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. • • x ~'/1WI/1e P— 1- t 13 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILEaft 19 CR. 490 (RMB) DECISION & ORDER REMANDING DEFENDANT A. Background This ruling follows the Court's bail hearing held on July IS, 2019. The issue before the Court is whether the Defendant should continue to be remanded (incarcerated) pending trial or whether he should be granted release while the case proceeds. No matter the answer to this question and no matter what has been said in Court in analyzing the matter. this is a criminal case and the Defendant, Jeffrey Epstein. is innocent of the Federal charges alleged against him now and until such time, if it comes, that a jury or the Court finds (after fair and thorough consideration of the facts and the law) that he is guilty. 5sg Transcript. dated
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