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November 30, 2018

Mr. Michael E. Horowitz
Inspector General

Department of Justice

950 Avenue, NW.
Suite 4706

Washington, DC 20530-0001

Dear Inspector General Horowitz:

We write to express great concern over reports that during his tenure as a United States AttOrney
for the Southern District of Florida, the current Secretary of Labor, Alex Acosta, gave a non?
prosecution deal to a wealthy and well-connected serial sex offender, hid it from the victims, and
granted immunity to any potential co-conspirators who were involved in the crimes.1

According to recently obtained documents, the individual to whom Secretary Acosta provided
the non-prosecution deal, Jeffrey Epstein, was facing a 53?page federal indictment that could
have resulted in life imprisonment for traf?cking minor girls for sex parties. Rather than pursue
the indictment fully to ensure the individual could never again prey on minor girls, Secretary
Acosta entered into an extremely preferential deal that resulted in this perpetrator of horri?c
. crimes against children serving just 13 months in county jail. The non-prosecution deal also had
the effect of shutting down a Federal Bureau of Investigation examination of whether there were
more victims and astonishingly granted immunity to potential co-conspirators.2

As Members of Congress intent on ensuring the equal application of justice and gravely
concerned with the plague of sex traf?cking and sexual abuse, we urge you to conduct an
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the non-prosecution agreement Mr. 'Acosta
entered into with Mr. Epstein. It also appears that numerous related case ?les and court
documents are heavily redacted, well beyond the reasonable protections accorded to victims and
con?dential informants. This lack of public transparency further necessitates an internal review.
In the conduct of such investigation, we urge you to review whether any Department of Justice
policies, procedures, or practices were violated and determine what, if any, violations were
committed by then?United States Attorney and current Secretary of Labor Acosta.

Sincerely,

19m 0W

Debbie Wassernian Schultz
Member of Congi ess 23)

 

 

1 Julie K. Brown, Penr'ersion ofJusrice, MIAMI HERALD, (Nov. 28, 2018), 
article220097825.html.
3 Id.

 

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Member of Congress (FL-21) Member of Congress (FL-20)
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Val Butler Demings
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