Today is [0]. FBN investigative report shows Epstein deal was a sham. Docs released today.

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According to numerous published reports, Epstein, 66, was said to be a key witness in the prosecution of two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin. Both men were charged with securities fraud after the collapse of a pair of hedge funds they oversaw – one of the events that prosecutors believed sparked the 2008 financial crisis.

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But a FOX Business investigation shows that Epstein did not provide any meaningful cooperation to obtain his relatively light sentence in the hedge fund case or likely any case tied to the financial crisis, according to numerous people with direct knowledge of the matter. In fact, Epstein’s cooperation with prosecutors does not appear to extend beyond supplying state and federal investigators with information involving his own case, these people add.

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“It would have been a great thing if Epstein had helped prosecute (Cioffi and Tannin) or if he had cooperated in any investigation,” Alan Dershowitz, one of Epstein’s attorneys on the infamous case, told FOX Business. “We would have been touting that if he had [cooperated]. The idea that Epstein helped in any prosecution is news to me.” Dershowitz, a celebrity attorney and Harvard law professor, said he’s no longer representing Epstein, but another member of the original legal team, Jack Goldberger, still is. Goldberger told FOX Business: “Mr. Epstein was never spoken to by any of the authorities on this subject. He was a very large investor. No more, no less.”

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And momentum for a new case is building. This week a federal appeals court in New York is expected to unseal court documents that could reveal new details about the underage sexual abuse allegations against Epstein and his 2008 plea deal. Just last month, Florida U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that the federal prosecutor on the case, former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta (currently the U.S. labor secretary) violated the victims’ rights by cutting a deal with Epstein’s lawyers without letting the victims know.

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