From: 1 <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 9:28 AM To: Michael Wolff Ken s=arr writes. The critics are wrong on the facts and the law. They also ignore a fact going to the heart of fundamental fairness: In the decade since =aying his debt to society, Jeffrey Epstein has led a life characterized by responsible citizenship, numerous acts of generosity and good deeds.=/p> =span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here are the true key facts: Jeffrey Epstein, a successful self-made=20 businessman with no prior criminal history whatsoever, engaged in illegal conduct that amounted to solicitation of prostitution. That conduct was wrong and a violation of Flo=ida state law. Although no coercion, violence, alcohol, drugs or the like were=20 involved, some of the women he paid were under the age of 18. Those facts were carefully assessed by experienced state sex crime prosecutors who aggressively enforce state criminal laws. No one turn=d a blind eye to potential offenses to the public order. To the contrary, the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office conducted an extensive=20 fifteen-month investigation, led by the chief of the Sex Crimes Division. Mr. Epstein was then indicted by the state grand jury on a=20 single felony count of solicitation of prostitution. During that intense investigation, the state prosecutors extensively gathered and analyzed the evidence, met face-to- face with many of the asserted=20 victims, considered their credibility — or lack thereof — a=d considered the extent of exculpatory evidence, including sworn testimony =A0from many that they lied about being eighteen years old to be allowed into Mr. Epstein's home. After months of negotiations, the state prose=utors believed they had reached a reasoned resolution of the matter that vindicated the public interest — a resolution entirely consistent w=th that of cases involving other similarly-situated defendants. The syst=m worked as it should have. Then, in ca