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Then why is she sitting in Federal Prison? She was prosecuted in federal court on federal charges regarding the activity she should have had immunity on when Epstein was convicted the first time. He had a deal with the federal prosecutor in Florida that they would grant immunity to his co-conspirators. He did what he was supposed to under the deal but the New York prosecutor who convicted Maxwell decided to ignore that.
Ah, I see you missed one of the major events in this saga. One of the victims filed a federal lawsuit under the Crime Victims' Rights Act, saying she and other victims were not informed that the Epstein case was being resolved with a plea deal, as required by law. This was a sealed agreement made via the U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta that seemed to specifically be intended to prevent the victims from knowing about the NPA (Non-Prosecution Agreement). In 2019, a judge ruled in their favor.
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/25/735804464/jeffrey-epsteins-sex-offender-plea-deal-must-stand-federal-prosecutors-say
Ah, so a Trump appointee made an illegal deal that was supposed to keep everything hidden from the victims and public at large... It's almost like Trump had a vested interest in keeping stuff related to the case hidden.
Alex Acosta was appointed to the U.S. attorney for Southern District of Florida by George Bush in 2005. Acosta only became a Trump lackey in 2016.