Another Bear said:
Interestingly Acosta refers to the victims in the Epstein case as "child prostitutes"...but children of course can not consent to have sex by law. For a former U.S. Attorney, this is rather stupid or covering crap up. As a father of daughters saying that crap, someone should really break his face.
And now for the predictable idiot law posts (my apologies to those with intellectual disabilities to associate you with the above post) .
The age of consent and who can give consent is determined under state law. The women in the age groups at the "parties" could under many state laws provide consent in various situations, such as for example when the other party is a minor. Federal law doesn't even address consent.
Federal law deals with prostitution of minors, as stated directly out of the statue. 18 U.S.C. 1591 et seq. The statutory elements of the crime literally requires prostitution, which is defined, again by statue, as causing to engage in a commercial sex act (something the guys on girls gone wild might want to think about the next time the offer a drunk coed money to give a blow job on camera). Section 1591 is called "Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion." Most people think of "trafficking" as involving movement across state or international borders. However, Section 1591 does not require proof that either the defendant or victim crossed state or international lines. You just need to meet two elements basically, prostitution and minors.
This means a federal attorney general has to prove that minor prostitutes were involved in the commercial enterprise, and consent never even enters the picture. When the US Attorney actually calls the victims prostitutes, he actually is using a very specific legal term that is an element of the crime. To then extrapolate, this is rather stupid or a cover-up demonstrates an utter ignorance of the law. As a father of daughters, I hope your daughters never have to rely on you for legal advise. With respect to breaking peoples' faces I hope your daughters never have to rely on you for any advise.