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A conversation with Democratic State Sen. Lauren Book, the new minority leader in the Senate. Can you film a police officer making an arrest? We discuss. Plus, a virtual field trip to the South Florida Fair.
On this Wednesday, May 12, episode of Sundial:
State Senator Lauren Book
Democrats have a new leader in the negotiating process heading into next week’s special legislative session focused on gambling. Democratic State Sen. Lauren Book from Broward County is the new minority leader in the Legislature, following a contentious vote to remove State Sen. Gary Farmer from that position.
Once again, the Florida Legislature had a chance to remove the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis as official state holidays. Once again, lawmakers had a chance to
Jeffrey Epstein Received ‘Differential Treatment,’ but Florida Officials Broke No Laws: Report
Officials in Florida treated Jeffrey Epstein different from the average inmate when he was imprisoned on one count of procuring a minor for prostitution, a state investigation found.
“It appeared Epstein was the recipient of differential treatment while being housed” in jail in Palm Beach County in 2008 and 2009, Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators said in a preliminary investigative summary obtained by The Epoch Times.
But “no evidence was developed” to indicate that any member of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office “engaged in any criminal activity in the performance of their duties as they related to Epstein’s housing,” investigators said.
Jeffrey Epstein probe in Palm Beach County wasnât corrupt, Florida investigation finds
The stateâs probe was two-fold: focusing on the state attorneyâs initial decision not to prosecute Epstein; and on the Palm Beach Sheriffâs role, if any, in Epsteinâs unusual accommodations while he was in custody in the Palm Beach county jail.
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By Julie K. Brown
Updated May 11
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has cleared Palm Beach state prosecutors and the Palm Beach Sheriffâs Office of any wrongdoing in connection with the lenient criminal prosecution and liberal jail privileges received by sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.