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In reply to the discussion: Congress doesn't want to talk to Alex Acosta, Epstein's 'sweetheart deal' maker [View all]BumRushDaShow
(158,678 posts)11. Here is the webpage for the The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats Press Releases
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases
Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Summer Lee Statement After Forcing House GOP to Subpoena Epstein Files
Per an AP article (where the media carefully BURIED the names of some of the OTHERS subpoenaed) -
Over all these years, this is the first time I have heard Jeff Sessions mentioned anywhere. He was 45's AG for the first 2 years of his first term (Feb. 2017 - Nov. 2018) and after all the "recusals" he did, the Elf finally left and hid in a tree.
But the media and their headlines chose to highlight the Clintons and IGNORE the people as far back as Gonzales, who was AG under Shrub in 2005 - 2007 when the Epstein investigation began in earnest and arrests were made, and ignored Mike Mukasey, who took over as AG after Gonzales left (and I would HOPE he was on the subpoena list) -
(I blame you for this!
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Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Summer Lee Statement After Forcing House GOP to Subpoena Epstein Files
Per an AP article (where the media carefully BURIED the names of some of the OTHERS subpoenaed) -
House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files and depositions with the Clintons
By STEPHEN GROVES
Updated 1:55 PM EDT, August 5, 2025
(snip)
The committee is also demanding interviews under oath from former attorneys general spanning the last four presidential administrations: Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales. Lawmakers also subpoenaed former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.
(snip)
By STEPHEN GROVES
Updated 1:55 PM EDT, August 5, 2025
(snip)
The committee is also demanding interviews under oath from former attorneys general spanning the last four presidential administrations: Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales. Lawmakers also subpoenaed former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.
(snip)
Over all these years, this is the first time I have heard Jeff Sessions mentioned anywhere. He was 45's AG for the first 2 years of his first term (Feb. 2017 - Nov. 2018) and after all the "recusals" he did, the Elf finally left and hid in a tree.
But the media and their headlines chose to highlight the Clintons and IGNORE the people as far back as Gonzales, who was AG under Shrub in 2005 - 2007 when the Epstein investigation began in earnest and arrests were made, and ignored Mike Mukasey, who took over as AG after Gonzales left (and I would HOPE he was on the subpoena list) -
A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, now 20 years old
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 6:47 PM EDT, July 23, 2025
(snip)
Here is a timeline of the criminal cases against Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping him abuse teenage girls.
___
(snip)
May 2006: Palm Beach police officials sign paperwork to charge Epstein with multiple counts of unlawful sex with a minor, but the countys top prosecutor, State Attorney Barry Krischer, takes the unusual step of sending the case to a grand jury.
July 2006: Epstein is arrested after a grand jury indicts him on a single count of soliciting prostitution. The relatively minor charge draws almost immediate attention from critics, including Palm Beach police leaders, who assail Krischer publicly and accuse him of giving Epstein special treatment. The FBI begins an investigation.
2007: Federal prosecutors prepare an indictment against Epstein. But for a year, the money managers lawyers engage in talks with the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, about a plea bargain that would allow Epstein to avoid a federal prosecution. Epsteins lawyers decry his accusers as unreliable witnesses.
June 2008: Epstein pleads guilty to state charges: one count of solicitating prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He is sentenced to 18 months in jail. Under a secret arrangement, the U.S. attorneys office agrees not to prosecute Epstein for federal crimes. Epstein serves most of his sentence in a work-release program that allows him to leave jail during the day to go to his office, then return at night.
(snip)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 6:47 PM EDT, July 23, 2025
(snip)
Here is a timeline of the criminal cases against Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping him abuse teenage girls.
___
(snip)
May 2006: Palm Beach police officials sign paperwork to charge Epstein with multiple counts of unlawful sex with a minor, but the countys top prosecutor, State Attorney Barry Krischer, takes the unusual step of sending the case to a grand jury.
July 2006: Epstein is arrested after a grand jury indicts him on a single count of soliciting prostitution. The relatively minor charge draws almost immediate attention from critics, including Palm Beach police leaders, who assail Krischer publicly and accuse him of giving Epstein special treatment. The FBI begins an investigation.
2007: Federal prosecutors prepare an indictment against Epstein. But for a year, the money managers lawyers engage in talks with the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, about a plea bargain that would allow Epstein to avoid a federal prosecution. Epsteins lawyers decry his accusers as unreliable witnesses.
June 2008: Epstein pleads guilty to state charges: one count of solicitating prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18. He is sentenced to 18 months in jail. Under a secret arrangement, the U.S. attorneys office agrees not to prosecute Epstein for federal crimes. Epstein serves most of his sentence in a work-release program that allows him to leave jail during the day to go to his office, then return at night.
(snip)
(I blame you for this!


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Congress doesn't want to talk to Alex Acosta, Epstein's 'sweetheart deal' maker [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Aug 7
OP
Here is the webpage for the The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democrats Press Releases
BumRushDaShow
Aug 7
#11
Who exactly told him to lay off and when? Funny how he never said those, right?
Scott Alan Swaggerty
Aug 7
#18