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07/10/19 1:25 AM

#317968 RE: arizona1 #317912

Barr only recused from any review of the previous Epstein case.

Barr won't recuse himself from New York case against Jeffrey Epstein

Updated on: July 9, 2019 / 5:50 PM / CBS News

Attorney General William Barr will not recuse himself from the federal sex trafficking case brought against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in the Southern District of New York, CBS News confirms. The attorney general consulted with career ethics officials at the Justice Department before deciding not to recuse himself.

However, because of his prior association with the firm Kirkland and Ellis, the attorney general will continue to be recused from any review of the previous federal case against Epstein in Florida. He said in South Carolina Monday, "I am recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented Epstein long ago was a firm I subsequently joined for a period of time."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barr-wont-recuse-himself-from-new-york-case-against-jeffrey-epstein/

Thanks.