Perversion of Justice review: how Julie K Brown brought Jeffrey Epstein down
The author is a reporter at the Miami Herald. In November 2018, her three-part series injected Epstein into the public’s conscience, leading to sex-trafficking charges. For her work, Brown won a Polk award. She tracked down more than 60 women who claimed to be victims of abuse, and delivered the back story on an all-too-cozy relationship between prosecutors and Epstein’s lawyers. A sample headline: “How a future Trump cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime.” Days after Epstein’s arrest in July 2019, that cabinet member, Alexander Acosta, Donald Trump’s labo...
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