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'They turned a blind eye': Nancy Grace on Feds not charging Epstein sooner

2021-04-18 | 🔗
Fox Nation host Nancy Grace joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss how the Feds failed to answer prosecutor's concerns surrounding Jeffrey Epstein.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Will thanks Lawrence new details about the feds decision not to pursue charges against Jeffrey Epstein back in two thousand and sixteen sixteen when a number of Lawrence warned he might be abusing girls, he had pled guilty to prostitution charges in Florida. They contacted the FBI to ask if justice had not been served, they didnt get a response. Our next guest, accusing them of turning a blind eye crime nations host Nancy Grace joins me now. What happened in twenty sixteen with Epstein and these prosecutors now keep in mind that in two thousand and seven, as you said, there was a secret deal where Epstein basically got a slap on the wrist for raping little girls, theres, really no good way to put it fast forward. Two thousand and sixteen victims, lawyers go to the southern district of New York.
U Dot S attorneys office. They meet with them with evidence, including a nude photo taken, including a nude photo taken, allegedly by give Ghislaine, Maxw and gifted what was is framed long story short. They presented that and other evidence to the: U Dot: S Attorneys office, southern district of New York, lower Manhattan and begged for an investigation, and they turned a blind eye and dont try to just blame it on the assistant: U Dot S attorney Amanda Kramer, because a case like this would have gone all the way to the top. They did nothing and it was only when the Miami Herald busted Epstein, that they were shamed into prosecuting. They gave him three years to continue to molest little girls will three more years free to continue to do what he was
doing. I had to follow up on a phrase you used there. This would have gone all the way to the top. The Jeffrey Epstein story is always about connections to power centers. Who else is connected? Why was this case passed upon in twenty? Sixteen tell me more Nancy. What does that mean? Go to the top? I can tell you this much. Will it seems more malignant than turning a blind eye doesnt it youre not kidding. Another thing that the southern district would have you believe is that they called the FBI down in Florida, but they didnt get a return phone call. How many times did I have to get in my car and go out to a witness and bam on the door until somebody came or I would wait until they got home. You dont wait for a return phone call. You do the right thing now. Apparently this went up to her boss, Dan Stein, and they say the appointed. U dot. S attorney for the southern district. Didnt know anything about it. He was later fired by Trump Unshare money, justly unshare money justly
he went Unshare money uncrer. Somehow he never heard of the case. Jeffrey Epstein, with all the connections forced to be connections, forced to be molested, which the will theres too many coincidences too many passes to power. Can I tell you one more thing? As a prosecutor, I was almost always. I would almost always handle cases on my own. When I had a sensitive or difficult case, I would go to my boss, the elected district attorney, and talk to him about it. Nothing was done without his knowledge and there was no way in H, e l, L,
the higher ups didnt know what was happening will thats the story right there. You know what else is the story: crime, nation you sign up and get exclusive access to events and.
Transcript generated on 2021-04-19.