It seems that the 2008 sweetheart plea deal that protected Jeffrey Epstein from serious sex-trafficking charges was made possible thanks to a former federal prosecutor who was friends and even business partners with the sexual predator.  The Miami Herald has reported that former chief criminal prosecutor Matthew Menchel not only had a close friendship and business relationship with Epstein, but  even dated Epstein’s defense lawyer—showing that Epstein was just as deeply entrenched within the