Feds move to dismiss Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking indictment
https://www.foxnews.com/us/jeffrey-epstein-federal-prosecutors-sex-trafficking-indictment-dismissFederal prosecutors on Monday moved to dismiss the sex-trafficking indictment against Jeffrey Epstein following his suicide in federal lockup earlier this month — but officials say they have no plans to end the probe into Epstein's alleged victims' claims, and authorities are still considering charging others accused in the alleged underage sex ring.
Epstein, 66, killed himself while locked up without bail in New York City's Metropolitan Correctional Center awaiting trial. In a letter dated Monday, Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, used the disgraced financier's suicide as the pretext for withdrawing the criminal case against Epstein.
Berman explained that, though Epstein will never stand trial, federal prosecutors remain committed "to doing [their] utmost to stand up for the victims who have already come forward, as well as for the many others who have yet to do so."
The request reiterates what Attorney General William Barr promised during a news conference last week: that the investigation is not ending into anyone who may have aided or conspired with Epstein and that Epstein's alleged victims will ultimately see justice.
Prosecutors say Epstein created and maintained a “vast network†and operation from 2002 "up to and including" at least 2005 that enabled him to “sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls†in addition to paying victims to then recruit other girls. In numerous instances, victims recounted being escorted to a room with a massage table where they would perform massages on Epstein....
