Ariel K. Smith

Local press reported that George hadn't informed Brian about the lawsuit before filing it, but the governor's office downplayed any connection between the two events.

George was replaced by her deputy, Carol Thomas Jacobs, and the AG's post is currently under the stewardship of Ariel K. Smith, whom Brian nominated in April.

Gives you confidence down there, huh? There is zero oversight in places like this.

And when you have all of these people complicit the way we see them complicit here, very easy for a guy like Jeffrey Epstein to operate and not only operate, but to flourish.

Days after ex-Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George sued J.P. Morgan over its relationship with Epstein, Bryan fired her without explanation.

Local press reported that George hadn't informed Brian about the lawsuit before filing it, but the governor's office downplayed any connection between the two events.

George was replaced by her deputy, Carol Thomas Jacobs, and the AG's post is currently under the stewardship of Ariel K. Smith, whom Brian nominated in April.

Gives you confidence down there, huh? There is zero oversight in places like this.

The filing of detailed letter briefs was contained in an order from District Court Judge Jed B. Rakoff earlier this week.

Rakoff's order spoke specifically to a motion filed in May by Attorney General Ariel Smith.

Smith is asking the court to deny a set of affirmative defenses filed by lawyers representing Chase Bank.

In that filing, the bank's lawyers say VI Justice cannot invoke the Trafficking Victims Protection Act against them.

The filing of detailed letter briefs was contained in an order from District Court Judge Jed B. Rakoff earlier this week.

Rakoff's order spoke specifically to a motion filed in May by Attorney General Ariel Smith.

Smith is asking the court to deny a set of affirmative defenses filed by lawyers representing Chase Bank.

In that filing, the bank's lawyers say VI Justice cannot invoke the Trafficking Victims Protection Act against them.