Members of a House Judiciary subcommittee have sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting a briefing on the non-prosecution agreement between now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein and the former federal prosecutor in South Florida, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta. In the letter addressed to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Thursday, members of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security say they have “serious misgivings” about Acosta’s handling of the case and whether justice was fairly administered. Under the 2008 non-prosecution agreement, Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges in Florida of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution.
