Christine Pelosi, Daughter of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and a top official with the Democratic National Committee (DNC), just sounded the alarm over the weekend arrest of Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges.
Pelosi speculated that “some of our faves” may be indicted in the wake of Epstein’s arrest, the Daily Mail reports.
On Saturday night she tweeted “This Epstein case is horrific and the young women deserve justice. It is quite likely that some of our faves are implicated but we must follow the facts and let the chips fall where they may – whether on Republicans or Democrats.”
Here’s the latest on the Epstein case via Reuters:
“Federal prosecutors in New York on Monday are expected to announce charges against financier Jeffrey Epstein related to sex trafficking of underage girls, a source familiar with the matter said, more than a decade after he avoided similar charges in Florida in a plea deal.
Epstein, 66, was arrested on Saturday night and could appear in federal court later on Monday to hear the charges. His lawyer, Jack Goldberger, has said Epstein will plead not guilty.
The former hedge fund manager, who is known for socializing with politicians and royalty, first came under investigation in 2005 after police in Palm Beach, Florida received reports that he had sexually abused minors in his mansion there.
Epstein has said in court filings that his encounters with alleged victims were consensual and that he believed they were 18 when they occurred.
By 2007, Epstein was facing a potential federal indictment for sexually abusing dozens of girls as young as 14 between 1999 and 2007, directing others to abuse them and paying employees to bring victims to him, according to court filings.
However, Epstein struck a deal in which he pleaded guilty to a lesser Florida state felony prostitution charge. He served a 13-month sentence in county jail, during which he was allowed to leave during the day to go to his office.
The deal has been challenged in court by several of Epstein’s accusers, who say they were denied a chance to have their views about it heard, in violation of the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act. In February of this year, a U.S. district judge in Florida agreed, ruling that the deal violated the law.
Even so, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing last month there was no reason to cancel the agreement.
Among the prosecutors involved in the agreement was Alex Acosta, then the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and now U.S. Secretary of Labor for President Donald Trump. A spokeswoman for the Department of Labor on Sunday declined to comment on Epstein’s arrest.”
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