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Lawmaker says shes been told to back off call for probe of Jeffrey Epsteins work release
By Julie K. Brown
July 25, 2019 11:36 AM
Florida Sen. Lauren Book has reached out to Capitol police after receiving an anonymous warning connected to her demand for a state inquiry into Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaws handling of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epsteins lenient work release program, the Miami Herald has learned.
Book, a vocal advocate for child sexual assault survivors, said she also received more than a dozen calls by Bradshaws political supporters asking her to back off on her call for an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement into Bradshaw.
Ric Bradshaw, sheriff of Palm Beach County when Jeffrey Epstein was incarcerated and still sheriff, said his office will investigate its own handling of the multimillionaires work release. Epstein was allowed 12 hours a day, six days a week of freedom despite allegations from three dozen underage girls that he had molested them. Taylor Jones Palm Beach Post
On Monday, Book, a Democrat, wrote a letter to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis asking him to authorize a probe into how Epstein, accused of molesting dozens of underage girls and a registered sex offender, was permitted to leave the Palm Beach County Jail and spend much of his 2008-2009 incarceration in an office in West Palm Beach.
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233102457.html?fbclid=IwAR2F2pWHFNTwAJRfSszP8BPFAZ3WscK-yQKo6h-IuWxSsWstEDLyyN-Zv6o
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)This could get interesting.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)"Ric Bradshaw, sheriff of Palm Beach County when Jeffrey Epstein was incarcerated and still sheriff, said his office will investigate its own handling of the multimillionaires work release." Yeah right Ric, sure thing.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Wouldn't surprise me to learn DeSantis was getting money or info from Epstein.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)DeSantis is a fucking low life.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)There needs to be documentation of every single person who contacts her and every effort to find the identity to "anonymous" contacts. Nobody - not one single person - without a vested interest in keeping their perversions or payoffs secret would be telling anyone to "back off" a call for an investigation. Its clear money changed hands or people were "blackmailed" here because the entire plea deal and work release makes.no.sense.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)serious ties to Trump.
And Book's father is one of the top Democratic lobbyists, with ties to who-knows-what.
Bradshaw investigating himself is, of course, ridiculous, but he seems to have good reason to believe he'll get away with it.
triron
(22,007 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Link to tweet
In exchange for $100,000 donations to the Palm Beach Police Department, Jeffery #Epstein was "given PBPD baseball hats to put on dashboard of cars to avoid being stopped." Historically this is called a bribe and it tends to buy much more.
https://jezebel.com/the-sex-trafficking-model-scout-5603638
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)they seldom find anything amiss.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)may have been done to find the videos and pictures he likely has of other rich people raping children. Days later, Epstein gets assaulted in prison. I'd say that's a hint that they didn't find what they were looking for. What was the motivation and who would be able to reach such a high profile prisoner? Roughing him up to find out where he hid the pictures and videos? I bet they're still out there.
marble falls
(57,102 posts)do the same for Sen. Book. She must be getting close!
LiberalFighter
(50,949 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)Just heard about this!
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Works every time, didn't you know that?
K&R