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Messages show the former prosecutor helping well-connected New Yorkers navigate her old sex crimes unit.
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Linda Fairstein attends the Love Rocks NYC Pre-Concert Cocktail at CESCA Restaurant on March 15, 2018, in New York City.
In 2015, when Harvey Weinstein had his first close shave with law enforcement, his legal team enlisted Linda Fairstein, the former New York City sex crimes prosecutor, to vouch for them with her old colleagues.
It looks like they weren’t alone.
Emails released to HuffPost this week through a public records request show that Fairstein, who quit as head of the sex crimes unit in 2002, and her successor, Martha Bashford, maintained a close friendship that opened the door for Fairstein to weigh in on ongoing cases. Fairstein denies her involvement was ultimately meaningful.
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