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Extraction Summary
8
People
2
Organizations
1
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
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News article/report excerpt within congressional oversight record
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Summary
This document appears to be an excerpt from a news report (likely the Miami Herald given the authors) included in House Oversight Committee files. It details a December 2007 letter from Alexander Acosta to Kenneth Starr, in which Acosta complains that Epstein is in violation of a September plea agreement and criticizes the defense team's stalling tactics. The page features a collage of photos including Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Dershowitz, and others, though only the text is analyzed here.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Epstein | Defendant |
Accused of abuse; technically in violation of September agreement regarding plea hearing.
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| Alexander Acosta | U.S. Attorney (implied) |
Author of the letter complaining about defense tactics; referred to as 'Acosta'.
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| Kenneth Starr | Defense Counsel |
Recipient of Acosta's letter regarding the plea agreement negotiations.
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| Marta Oliver Craviotto | Journalist/Author |
Byline author.
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| Emily Michot | Journalist/Author |
Byline author.
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| Julie K. Brown | Journalist/Author |
Byline author.
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| The girls | Victims |
Described as abused and angry over the injustice.
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| Cops | Law Enforcement |
Championed the victims' cause; remain angry.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Attorneys |
Negotiating with defense counsel.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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Where Epstein was required to appear by November.
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Relationships (2)
Acosta wrote a letter to Starr complaining about defense tactics.
Starr is identified as receiving the letter regarding Epstein's defense.
Key Quotes (3)
"The [U.S. attorneys] who have been negotiating with defense counsel have for some time complained to me regarding the tactics used by the defense team"Source
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"It appears to them that as soon as resolution is reached on one issue, defense counsel finds ways to challenge the resolution collaterally."Source
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"rendered the agreement difficult, if not impossible, to unwind."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,179 characters)
The girls who were abused by Jeffrey Epstein and the cops who championed their cause remain angry over what they regard as a gross injustice, while Epstein's employees and those who engineered his non-prosecution agreement have prospered.
BY MARTA OLIVER CRAVIOTTO | EMILY MICHOT | JULIE K. BROWN
BY MARTA OLIVER CRAVIOTTO | EMILY MICHOT | JULIE K. BROWN
By December, Epstein had still not agreed to a date for his plea hearing, and was technically in violation of the September agreement, which required him to appear in court by November, Acosta noted in a letter to Kenneth Starr in December 2007.
“The [U.S. attorneys] who have been negotiating with defense counsel have for some time complained to me regarding the tactics used by the defense team,” Acosta wrote. “It appears to them that as soon as resolution is reached on one issue, defense counsel finds ways to challenge the resolution collaterally. ... Some in our office are deeply concerned that defense counsel will continue to mount collateral challenges to provisions to the agreement, even after Mr. Epstein has entered his guilty plea and thus rendered the agreement difficult, if not impossible, to unwind.”
And that’s exactly what happened.
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