Nation
Compensation Fund Approved For Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims
A compensation fund for Jeffrey Epstein‘s victims has been approved, according to information first obtained by The Daily Mail. Moreover, the fund doesn’t limit how much money each victim is compensated.
The deceased pedophile’s victims will be able to put in their claim for a share of his $634 million estate on June 15, when the program is officially set up, according to the news site.
However, there is a catch. The victims will have to surrender their right to sue Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators in order to receive compensation from this fund, The Daily Mail reports. Moreover, the women who served as Epstein’s recruiters can make a claim as long as there is a “credible basis they acted under duress.”
In order to receive compensation, victims will have to provide proof of their allegation.
Seventy women have indicated that they want compensation for the traumas they endured. Among them, Maria Farmer, who alleges that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sexually assaulted her in 1996 in a guesthouse on the estate of L Brands founder Les Wexner in New Albany, Ohio.
The formal order for the compensation fund was signed off by Carolyn P. Hermon-Percell, a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.
Epstein died under mysterious circumstances in a Manhattan federal correctional facility in July 2019.
The women have a nine-month window to submit their claims after the program begins on June 15. Even if the claim was outside the statute of limitations, they can still participate, according to the report.
Elections
IRS Whistleblower Receives Retaliation After Speaking Out on Hunter Biden Tax Case
A whistleblower in the Hunter Biden tax investigation, IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley, is facing harsh repercussions from the IRS after revealing alleged misconduct within the agency. Shapley, who gained widespread attention following an interview with investigative journalist Catherine Herridge, claims to be under intense pressure to accept a demotion or resign after publicly disclosing his concerns.
National Review reports on the recent developments, shared by Shapley’s attorney, Tristan Leavitt, reveal that the IRS had apparently been withholding a punitive decision until after Herridge’s interview went viral. “Less than an hour after @C__Herridge posted this story yesterday about the retaliation against the IRS whistleblowers, the IRS sent SSA Shapley this notice telling him he had 15 days to choose whether to be demoted or to resign,” Leavitt tweeted, noting that the agency appeared to have delayed this decision by at least two weeks.
On October 15, the IRS officially informed Shapley of a planned reassignment, notifying him he would be moved from his role as a Supervisory Special Agent in the criminal division to a Senior Analyst position—a demotion. Shapley was given the option to either accept the downgrade or, if he chose not to, request a lower-level special agent role or leave the agency entirely.
In response to the alleged retaliation, Shapley’s attorney sent a formal letter to Congress on Thursday. Addressed to House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Ways and Means Committee chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Leavitt’s letter highlights a history of punitive treatment Shapley claims to have faced since he first disclosed his findings.
“From the moment USA Weiss received access to SSA Shapley’s protected whistleblower disclosures and contacted IRS leadership, the IRS has treated SSA Shapley differently,” Leavitt wrote in the letter. He also added that “the illegal reprisal increased after SSA Shapley made clear he intended to blow the whistle to Congress and others. And it continues to this day, when the IRS knows it can retaliate against SSA Shapley simply by waiting out the clock for him to be forced into the position of resigning or being demoted.”
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is currently investigating the allegations of retaliation, not only against Shapley but also against another IRS whistleblower, Joseph Ziegler, who had similarly come forward regarding the Hunter Biden case. Leavitt has requested that the OSC intervene to prevent what he calls an apparent case of retaliation and has urged congressional Republicans to ask for a briefing on the progress of the OSC’s 17-month-long investigation.
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