Here's something the DoJ just did

[Effete Snob]

The two guards in the NY federal lockup who falsified duty records during the time that Epstein was there, and likely on lots of other occasions were charged with federal offenses in November 2019.

This month, the USDOJ SDNY office decided to drop prosecution of the two guards, as you can see on the docket here:

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16487310/united-states-v-noel/

The prosecution team in this case is:

Nicolas Roos (who signed the Nolle Prosequi filed December 13)

United States Attorney's Office, SDNY
Designation: Assistant US Attorney

Rebekah Allen Donaleski
Designation: Assistant US Attorney

Jessica Rose Lonergan
Designation: Retained

This was mentioned in another DU thread, and a team of online sleuths have concluded this dismissal is the obvious result of corruption.

So, let's take a look at who, exactly, was involved in this decision to try to figure out when they may have become corrupted...

1. Roos

Roos was also lead attorney for prosecuting Steve Bannon, Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman and Michael Cohen. He joined the Justice Department in June 2016, during the Obama administration. Apparently, Eric Holder had a long term plan here.

2. Donaleski

She's head of the public corruption unit of the SDNY and leading the SDNY investigation into Rudy Giuliani:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-prosecutor-overseeing-rudy-giuliani-probe-stepping-down/ar-BB1gFHyA

Edward Diskant, who has been a prosecutor at the office for nine years, is set to be replaced as public corruption chief by Rebekah Donaleski, one of the prosecutors who has been leading the Giuliani investigation, the person said.

...

The Giuliani investigation, which began more than two years ago, escalated late last month as federal agents executed search warrants on his Manhattan home and office.

In fact, the prevailing sentiment at DU at the time was that this was a propitious move:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142742308




3. Lonergan

In August, Lonergan left the DoJ to join the firm of Wilson Sonsini. Her history up that point is summarized here:

https://www.wsgr.com/en/people/jessica-r-lonergan.html

Prior to joining the firm, Jessica spent more than 10 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In this position, she led more than 175 grand jury investigations and prosecutions involving bribery, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, bank and wire fraud, frauds against the government, tax evasion, labor union fraud, racketeering, money laundering, and narcotics trafficking. In addition, Jessica conducted nine criminal jury trials and briefed and argued numerous successful appeals in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Previously, Jessica served as a law clerk to the Honorable Julio M. Fuentes in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She also clerked for the Honorable Jan E. DuBois in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Fuentes was appointed by Clinton, and DuBois was appointed by Reagan.
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What do you suppose was the tab for buying off / threatening all three of them?

[True Dough]

1. Somewhere

this man is undoubtedly very pleased with these developments.

[Effete Snob]

2. How do you suppose he got the three DoJ attorneys on board?

And, do you have any idea of what will become of the Giuliani investigation, since one of the attorneys on this case is also the lead investigator into Giuliani?

[True Dough]

4. I really don't know

But this only serves to make me more cynical. There are forces at play in this case who wield great power and are moving the pieces in a way that is protecting others who should be brought to justice.

[Effete Snob]

8. But you do know that Epstein was murdered

...as part of a coverup of some kind.

It was important to pull off a Houdini style entry and exit into the building that was only monitored by two people, whose cooperation was required by the plan. Because bumping off a guy most people never heard of without first shining a national spotlight on him by arresting him, was too hard to figure out.

Also, the NYC medical examiner's office needed to be rigged as well. It's a good thing that Epstein didn't put up much of a struggle, eh? That would have been hard to ignore.

[KPN]

5. Okay. I'll bite. Who is he? Looks familiar but drawing a blank.

[BlackSkimmer]

6. I think that's Acosta.

Made that deal with Epstein years ago.

[True Dough]

7. You nailed it

Alex Acosta, despicable individual.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. No kidding.

He looks just like you’d imagine too…a slime.

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Discouraging news. nt

[Effete Snob]

11. Quite the inconvenience, eh?

First, they had to bribe/threaten the two guards to falsify records.

Then, they publicize the falsified records, and arrest and charge the guards.

Then, they have to bribe/threaten the prosecutors to drop the charges they brought against the guards in step 2.

All to "keep things quiet".

Lol.

[BlackSkimmer]

12. It's a sickening, stinking web of lies.

Many people of note involved in this mess.

[onenote]

16. You left out:

"They" had to bribe the Acting US Attorney who agreed to the plea deal last spring. They had to bribe the Chief of the Pretrial Services Office that recommended adoption of the plea agreement (and anyone in the office involved in making that recommendation). And they had to bribe Judge Analisa Torres, the Obama-appointed judge who had the final say as to whether to accept the plea deal.

[Effete Snob]

17. .

[BSdetect]

10. I am astonished that I am not astonished.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. I'm hopeful ...

... that the charges are dropped because the guards gave information on who hired them. It seems the Feds are usually not too interested in the small fish.

I hope.

[drray23]

14. Instead of corruption it may just be that they flipped these guards

and they let them off the hook in exchange for information on more important people, for example who if any asked them to carry out the cover up. This seems more likely that corrupting three DOJ prosecutors.

[Effete Snob]

15. Kind of chancy to rely on two lunkheads for the plan, eh?

Whatever bribery/threatening you use has to be 100% effective.

Although its amazing that they decided to arrest Epstein in the first place when he could have been more easily killed literally anywhere else.

[panader0]

18. So no prosecution on falsifying records either?

[PufPuf23]

19. My impression is that often what we are seeing is a lack of institutional support

for the investigation and prosecution rather than the frontline names we see in the media.

The lack of institutional support is embodied in the chain of command.

Must be hard for those with true idealism in their professional careers.