Julie K. Brown

You know, the two of them were working this out together.

So it's just

It's just incredible.

I mean, when you look at how the deal was negotiated and and the questions about that and the questions about the way that the whole thing was, he was given such Epstein was given such kid glove treatment.

And now look at what is happening with Ghislaine Maxwell and the treatment she is now getting in the criminal justice system.

I mean, there are so many parallels and it is extremely disturbing.

Well, Matthew Menchel was the person that sort of put the kibosh on it, according to the lead prosecutor.

She was interviewed by Justice Department investigators quite a few years ago, and she's

basically quoted in a letter or an email that she wrote, objecting to the fact that they offered Epstein this deal without even running it by her initially.

So she was sort of told, you know, okay, little girl, go off in your office.

Let the boys handle it, was sort of what happened.

And this deal went through even though, and she had to sort of then sign on to it.

I'm still mystified about how

Acosta testified before the committee that the lead prosecutor, her name, by the way, is Anne Marie Villafana.

He said that she totally agreed with this deal.

And it's just hard for me to believe that she completely signed on to it because she was working so hard to put him into prison.

I have to say, I think that the way that this is turned so political sort of obscures really what's important about this.

And what is important are the way that the victims are still being treated as an afterthought.

And that are the fact that this is a crime.

This isn't political.