Epstein Investigation Revives Justice Department Turf Battle

The Justice Department’s new look at Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s role in a controversial plea deal for hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein on teen sex abuse and trafficking charges is reviving an old debate: Who polices federal prosecutors?

The DOJ recently announced that it’s investigating the deal, in which Epstein served 13 months in prison on state prostitution charges and avoided harsher federal punishment on allegations he ran a teen sex ring out of his Florida home. But those findings may never become public. The Office of Professional Responsibility leading the probe isn’t required to disclose results of investigations. It ...