(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Lawyer Jennifer Freeman, who represented several victims of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, sent a letter to the Department of Justice asking why the FBI did very littel to investigate the financier’s life and crimes.
Freeman sent the letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horotwitz, according to the Daily Wire. The letter claims that the FBI knew about Epstein’s actions in the 1990s, but did not take any action for unknown reasons.
“As counsel to many survivors of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy, we write regarding the failure of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to properly, adequately, or timely investigate the sex trafficking of hundreds of girls and young women,” a letter said. “The FBI utterly failed to investigate serious allegations involving Epstein’s, and perhaps others’, child sex abuse materials (CSAM), significant additional criminality which, until recently, has been disregarded, disrespected, and essentially denied.”
Eptstein’s victims made the request in an attempt to understand why it took the FBI so long to investigate the case.
Maria Farmer, a woman who was abused by Epstein, reported the incident to the FBI, along with other signs of “serious sexual abuse crimes, including hands-on sexual abuse against minors and vulnerable young women.”
Farmer filed the complaint in 1996, and did not hear back from the bureau until 2006. The letter from Freeman explains that the allegations of sexual abuse were overlooked.
“Amazingly, despite a plethora of evidence of a far-reaching conspiracy to traffic women, and numerous red flags concerning possible CSAM, federal law enforcement stood by silently and didn’t take action,” the lawyer wrote.
The letter continued, suggesting that a great deal of evidence points to powerful people wanting to cover up Epstein’s crimes.
“There is strong circumstantial evidence in the public domain that Epstein’s special relationship with the government explains the FBI’s failure to investigate or prosecute Epstein in 1996, the special treatment he received from 2005 to 2008, and the failure to investigate the possible wrongdoing of important public officials and powerful businessmen,” the letter said.
Epstein died under highly suspect circumstances in a Manhattan correctional facility in 2019 as he awaited his trial for sex trafficking.
