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A Justice Dept. discipline office with limited reach to probe handling of controversial child sex abuse case Matt Zapotosky The Justice Department office that handles employee discipline has opened an investigation into whether attorneys committed “orofessional misconduct” in allowing a well-connected millionaire to spend just over a year in jail to resolve allegations that he molested dozens of young girls. The department revealed the investigation Wednesday in a letter from Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd to Sen. Ben Sasse (R- Neb.), who has questioned how the department handled its inquiry of financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein’s case had been the subject of an investigation by the Miami Herald, which detailed how then-U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, now https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-justic...1718903bfc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c9ebae38dfe7 2/6/19, 7:29 PM Page 1 of 3 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031396