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Jeffrey Epstein , a successful business man and philanthropist, was investigated fro 15 months by the palm beach police department. after interviews of over twenty witnesses, garbage pulls and surveillance on his home, the state sex prosecutor with over 13 years experience, convened a grand jury ( usually reserved in the state of Florida for capital offenses 0, and returned an indictment for solicitation of prostitution against MR Epstein.  Epstein was considered  a john , ( usually self pleasuring on Epstein's part).  albeit a prolific one, so that the solicitation charge was under the unique rules of Florida was a felony.  though there were multiple girls and some turned out to be under 18, most admitted to lying about their ages to gain entry to Epstein's house. 
In a remarkable follow up the local police unhappy with the grand jury's result, released raw unchecked allegations to the press and asked for federal involvement. For the past two years the local ausa has attempted to threaten to indict epstein using the draconian statutes, broadly interpreted beyond all recognition, in an attempt to turn for the first time , A " John " into a trafficker, a pimp, a Internet lurer, and a sex tourist to Florida. Though the number of girls was large, numbers by themselves don't turn a state case into a federal crime..  The priest cases and day school disasters as an example. ) in faft the priest cases were never federal, though priest moved from state to state. .
 Though Epstein has lived in Florida for almost 15 years, she attempted to threaten the travel for the purpose of having illegal sex, as the dominant purpose for his returning home. If that were not enough , she attempted to use the sex slavery statute, to turn a state misdemeanor into a ten year min mandatory federal felony. , and to assure her that EPstein would go to the state at her demand an require them to up the charge sentence and make him register as a sex offender, she threatened to say that his Secretaries use of the telephone to schedule repeat massages, was equivalent to the Internet lurer hiding faceless and nameless in cyber space , baiting innocent children into what in  the past , in many instances ended in tragedy. here girls drove to his home wiht their parents boyfriends and friends. a hosue full of people in order to make money.  

   . The SDFL, recognizing the weakness and novelty of thier case, decided to defer prsoecution to the state. but then with a total disregardi to the soverignty of the state, chose to dicate the charge and minutae of sentencing , including limiting the judges' discretion. in addition she then required EPstein to hire an attorny to represent the girls if they should choose to sue him . this after also requirng a payment to a list of unnamed women of 150k one hundred and fifty thousand dollars each, without the ability to challenge them . after much negotiation, she then made the admission that though willing to bring a fed charge , she would not vouch for thier credibility of the witnesses, and in at least one instance , disavowed in writing the credibilty of her witness( tatum miller) , and said she was harmed , even though ms miller doesn't think so.

NOt only did the supreme court rule dictate a narrow construction but for example the sdfl would have you stretch
Each element of 2422 to fit this square state peg into a roud fedral hole.. 
1)anyone who knowingly uses    ---Epstein did not use the phone internet or mails. this is stretched to either an aider or abettor, a co conspirator,an attempt crime. - Epstein would not even say please use the PHONE. to ta third party, most of the contacts were face to face. this is in contrast to the vast majority of stings , where the perpertrator spends hours surfing the internet and hunting for vitims in chat rooms.
2)to coerce induce persuade entice - the government , wants to stretch this to- schedule repeat massages, to suggest that the girls knew there was money at the end of the day therefore the enticement was understood,if not literally communicated, or  spoken about. this assumes a meeting of not only the minds on the unidentifed participants on the call, but then needs to make the previous leap that it is with Epsteins knowlege and /or direction. And as per the entrapment cases, must be more than merely solicit
3. A known minor --Epstein would not have known the girls ages , before they showed at the house. the testimony is rife with The girls lied about thier ages to gain accesss to the house. there are some girls who later said he knew my age, in many instances these girls initatied the return telephone call. the jury instructions require poof that Epstein believed"  this is usually provided in the sting trancripts.
4 an illegal sexual activity for which someone can be charged with a crime. -  Florida statutes describe prostitution as sexual intercouse. touching with self plesuring is not illegal at the ages of 16 , and 17.  the activity was never described according to all the testimony received. the statute of limitations has run , on even the allegations of  prostituion ( 2 years) but on illegal activity.  the time of the incident must have both the required underage , and the activity ,  . all stings are below the federal age of consent of 16.
5. each stretched element now needs to be tied together in a chain  . the person for a specific call, to a known minor  , for illegal sex activity, ( age and activity related )again unlike the transcripts of repeated are you sure sir you know she is only fourteen,, are you sure you want to have intercourse with such a young sweet thing etc,
the travel for the pruporse  2423.. the government changed the requiremen for internationao travelwith the protect act. making it a crime to trave AND engane in.. COngreww lest undisturbed the intestate travel FOR THE PURPOS E to engage in illegal sex activity . the suprme court, decision, the well established history m has to be set aside to thrust Epstein reurning to his home, something he did almost every week, to attempt to use this statute. Ceos agrees thatit would be unprecedented, but says that Acosta has the right to test the limits of the law.
THe last statue 1591 , sex trafficking , a crime that usually involves salvery, torture, trafficking, an an interstae component , is no also threatened against a john for the first time .