From: To: "Berman, Geoffrey (USANYS)" Cc: Subject: Acosta Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:34:55 +0000 Importance: Normal For our next discussion: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epsteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight Epstein's name, I was told, had been raised by the Trump transition team when Alexander Acosta, the former U.S. attorney in Miami who'd infamously cut Epstein a non-prosecution plea deal back in 2007_, was being interviewed for the job of labor secretary. The plea deal put a hard stop to a separate federal investigation of alleged sex crimes with minors and trafficking. "Is the Epstein case going to cause a problem [for confirmation hearings]?" Acosta had been asked. Acosta had explained, breezily, apparently, that back in the day he'd had just one meeting on the Epstein case. He'd cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein's attorneys because he had "been told" to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. "I was told Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' and to leave it alone," he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.)

Prosecutor Alex Acosta, who gave Epstein the plea deal in 2007, only had one meeting on the Epstein case. Was reportedly told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence" and to "leave it alone."

He’s mad the court “only votes bad.”

I actually think I might hate him a little less if he spoke like an adult. Probably not. But maybe.

Texas county GOP missed deadline to report primary results It’s not clear how — or if — a state law about reporting requirements will be enforced. Republicans hand-counting in two other counties did not miss the deadline.

Calhoun County GOP missed deadline to report primary election results after choosing to hand-count ballots

After spending the day talking about college football, Trump heads to Palm Beach for another weekend of golf.

As he sends soldiers to die…

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

NEW @npr.org: The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

But 37 pages of records are still not public.

More:

i bet you could play trump a 60-minute youtube mashup of every mcdonald's ad from the last half century and you would have to whale on his arm with bamboo rods to keep him from tweeting to the nation about how this is what we're fighting for, and what joe biden took from us when he invented covid 19

Screenshot from Washington Post ““I voted for Trump three times. But I did not vote for this,” Jim Cunningham, a Republican who has held local elected office in his hometown of Media, Pa., said in an interview Monday. “Trump is only a temporary occupant of the White House. It belongs to the American people. It’s not his personal property.” Jim Cunningham wrote and sent aletter to the National Capital Planning Commission during the public comment period for President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom. (National Capital Planning Commission)

👀JICYMI ▶️ “I voted for Trump three times. But I did not vote for this… Trump is only a temporary occupant of the White House. It belongs to the American people. It’s not his personal property.” -Jim Cunningham, a PA GOPer who held office -on Trump’s ballroom. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Oh snapppp!

Rev. Dr. Jamal Bryant at the memorial service for Rev. Jesse Jackson:

"The service wouldn't have been this long if were able to go to the Capitol, but the Capitol is now only reserved for pedophiles and podcasters."

🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

FDA vaccine chief to leave the agency for a second time Dr. Vinay Prasad will step down in April after a controversial year at the FDA.

BREAKING: FDA's vaccine chief, whose tumultuous tenure included unfounded claims about Covid shots, will step down next month.

Latest White House war hype video sets video of blowing up things & people to music and graphics from a Grabd Theft Auto game

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

Bessent says the Trump admin may now lift sanctions on even more Russian oil to try and reduce oil prices during Trump’s war. This would provide a massive injection of cash to fund Putin’s war machine.

Less than one week into a war with Iran, Trump spent more than 90 minutes at an event (with Marco Rubio by his side) talking at a roundtable about what ails college sports and how to fix it.

He's yelling at the dumbass Fox News guy. Definitely starting to feel the heat. Will it matter? Who knows, but he's not comfy right now and that makes me feel good.

Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"

They never refilled it

Trump gets angry at Fox News' Peter Doocy for asking about Russia helping Iran to kill Americans during his roundtable on college sports.

Trump: "What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else."

Priorities for the US Commander in Chief.

Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks

Now Netanyahu has driven people from their homes in Southern Beirut and is bombing targets in Lebanon. My prayers are with my Lebanese American friends whose families are fleeing the latest attack by this war criminal. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Yes! I was shocked to hear people doing that. Obnoxious and elitist

Trump raping whole countries now

I'm unsure how people really think people were downplaying a virus that can kill you, make you go blind, wipe out your immune system for years, and oh yeah come back and kill you a decade after you thought you'd shaken it.

One of the main themes in this article is the risk of suicide to detainees. There’s no way to describe these conditions other than psychological torture.

How did i miss that?

Demolition?

ALERT: Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) files motion asking court to block Trump's closure and demolition of the Kennedy Center

Beatty is ex-officio member of Kennedy Center Board of Trustees

Beatty: "Emergency relief is necessary to prevent irreparable harm"

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The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back. A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.

Late last year I covered the case of QueerDoc, a small, telehealth gender-affirming care practice that received a subpoena from Trump's DOJ. The subpoena was blocked by a federal judge, but the DOJ appealed, and the 9th Circuit is hearing oral arguments today.

After positive January, latest job report shows losses again • Michigan Advance WASHINGTON — The United States lost 92,000 jobs in February, edging unemployment up slightly according to the latest employment figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report sh...

WASHINGTON — The United States lost 92,000 jobs in February, edging unemployment up slightly according to the latest employment figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Oil up nearly more than 14% on the day so far. Good grief.

It was always strategically and environmentally smart to be less reliant on oil. The election of Trump cemented our backsliding