the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. that was yesterday. today the attorney general said nothing about the jeffrey epstein case, but the attorney general did order an unnamed justice department official to leak to selected news media that the attorney general will not recuse himself from the new jeffrey epstein case. bloomberg reported the news this way. attorney general william barr won t recuse himself from involvement in the new charges filed against alleged sex trafficker jeffrey epstein by federal prosecutors in new york, according to a justice department official. barr made the decision on tuesday after consulting with career ethics officials at the department, said the official who asked not to be identified discussing a sensitive matter. but barr has recused himself from any retrospective review of the justice department s decision more than a decade ago, letting epstein avoid prosecution on federal sex
after the dramatic surprise arrest of jeffrey epstein by the fbi when his private plane landed in new jersey in from paris and after jeffrey epstein was dragged into federal court in manhattan on monday, pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail by a federal judge. after all of that, attorney general william barr was asked about the biggest new criminal case in the justice department yesterday, the jeffrey epstein case, and the attorney general very clearly said this. i m recuse from that matter. because one of the law one of the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. that was yesterday. today the attorney general said nothing about the jeffrey epstein case, but the attorney general did order an unnamed justice department official to leak to selected news media that the attorney general will not recuse himself from the new jeffrey epstein case.
states, that would seem to be an obvious conflict of interest from william barr, but it takes a lot for william to recuse himself from anything. but he did recuse himself from the biggest case the justice department announced today. the federal sex trafficking case against donald trump s old friend, jeffrey epstein. here is the attorney general s explanation of why he recused himself in this case. i m recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. by william barr s standards, that s a very weak reason to recuse himself. very, very weak. he has another connection to jeffrey epstein that is even closer than the one he mentioned today. william barr s father, donald barr, hired jeffrey epstein. he hired jeffrey epstein to
the indictment is a direct rebuke of a secret nonprosecution agreement acosta negotiated with epstein s high powered attorneys in 2008, which suspended a federal grand jury investigation into the allegations against him. in exchange, epstein pleaded guilty to two state prostitution charges. the miami herald called it a deal of a lifetime, considering it was a federal investigation identifying 36 underage victims. house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for acosta s resignation, saying that deal was unconscionable. attorney general william barr recused himself from that investigation, but now the justice department is looking at whether he needs to recuse himself from any other investigation into the case. i m recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. prosecutors calling for other women to step forward. the alleged behavior shocks
department announced today. the federal sex trafficking case against donald trump s old friend, jeffrey epstein. here is the attorney general s explanation of why he recused himself in this case. i m recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. by william barr s standards, that s a very weak reason to recuse himself. very, very weak. he has another connection to jeffrey epstein that is even closer than the one he mentioned today. william barr s father, donald barr, hired jeffrey epstein. he hired jeffrey epstein to teach high school students. high school boys and high school girls. before jeffrey epstein became a