Jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars while he fights charges that he exploited dozens of girls in New York and Florida in the early 2000s.
after prosecutors argued the jet-setting defendant is a danger to the public and might flee the country.
“I doubt that any bail package can overcome danger to the community,” U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said Thursday. Prior to Thursday’s bail hearing, defense lawyers told the judge Epstein was given the passport by a friend after some Jewish Americans were informally advised to carry identification bearing a non-Jewish name when traveling internationally during a period when hijackings were more common.“He is a life-long American citizen. He has no other citizenship or legal permanent residency,” the lawyers wrote.
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