Elie Honig: Epstein Plea Deal Stated ‘No Prosecutions’ of Coconspirators, Maxwell Is a Coconspirator

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HONIG: "Yeah, Jake, there are definitely some worrisome similarities. And this is a reminder of just how. Corrupt that deal was that was Given to Jeffrey. Epstein back in. 2007 2008 by Alexander Acosta, who was then the U.S. attorney for Florida. In addition to giving Jeffrey Epstein essentially a walk, they gave him 13 months on a crime that he could have been convicted for 10 years up to life. So they gave Jeffrey Epstein a walk. And the truly bizarre thing about that deal is they also included a provision saying that Jeffrey Epstein‘s coconspirators will never be prosecuted. I have never once done that as a prosecutor. Never once heard of that or seen it. And now here we are, 15 years later or 17 years later, and ghislaine maxwell‘s lawyers are trying to leverage that. They‘re saying, hey, DoJ, you promised us no further prosecutions of coconspirators. She‘s a coconspirator. And what the defense lawyer is doing there, and I don‘t fault him. It‘s his job is he‘s making a pitch to Donald Trump. He‘s giving Donald Trump a technical hook. He‘s saying, hey, Mr. President, if you want to get out of this, if you want to give miss maxwell some benefit, just point to that old deal and say, oh, all we‘re doing is honoring that old deal that was made in 0708. So maxwell is trying to get something for herself here. Let‘s be clear about that as well."