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Sources: Jeffrey Epstein Arrested in NY on Sex Charges

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - Wealthy financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey
   Epstein was arrested Saturday in New York on sex-trafficking charges
   involving allegations that date to the 2000s, according to law
   enforcement officials.

   Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who once counted as friends
   former President Bill Clinton, Great Britain's Prince Andrew, and
   President Donald Trump, was taken into federal custody, according to
   two officials.

   The officials spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of
   anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the pending case.

   Epstein is expected to appear Monday in Manhattan federal court. A
   message was sent to his attorney seeking comment.

   Epstein's arrest was first reported by The Daily Beast.

   Plea deal scrutiny

   The arrest comes amid renewed scrutiny of a once-secret plea deal that
   Epstein entered into.

   In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to state charges of
   soliciting and procuring a person younger than 18 for prostitution. The
   deal ended a federal investigation that could have landed Epstein in
   prison for life.

   Instead, he was sentenced to 13 months in jail and was required to
   reach financial settlements with dozens of his once-teenage victims.
   Epstein also was required to register as a sex offender.