WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — House Oversight Democrats heard Tuesday from victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Palm Beach County, where many of the crimes took place.
The so-called shadow hearing, an informal event with lawmakers, took place less than three miles away from the mansion where Epstein abused hundreds of girls, and in the same county where prosecutors negotiated to have the financier avoid federal charges or extended prison time almost 20 years ago, allowing for the abuse to continue.
Much of Tuesday’s forum focused on how victims and attorneys in the case didn’t know the so-called sweetheart deal had been negotiated…
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