'The line being drawn here makes no sense. This is very concerning,' former federal prosecutor Mimi Rocah said.
In an opinion piece published in the Daily Beast Monday, Rocah wrote that Barr could run interference in the new Epstein case because he is the head of the whole Justice Department, including the Southern District of New York, which she said is playfully called the"Sovereign" district.
Rocah noted that Barr in his confirmation hearings said he might recuse himself from matters relating to Epstein because of the Kirkland & Ellis affiliation."Now would be a good time to know if Barr followed through on that," Rocah wrote. Trump added that Acosta has been"just an excellent secretary of labor" and that he will be looking"very closely" at Epstein's first case.
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