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Signed by jeffrey epstein. >> before. >> that is correct. and so im looking at this. im looking at, you know, according to this, what appears to be a violation of federal statute. and im still trying to wonder exactly what happened here in light of the statement by accosta. >> and was an identified minor at the time. >> correct. >> one of the things alex acosta said several times is prosecutors will often take a deal over the roll of the dice of the trial. but what james patterson wrote about in...

More urgency to roll back regulations. but ultimately accostas fate, lester, will be up to president trump. >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. next a shocking murder case outside phoenix. police say a 17-year-old was stabbed to death at a gas station because he was playing rap music. now anger over the case is spilling onto social media. lets get more from nbcs ron allen. >> reporter: the murder of elijah el almin igniting the #justice for elijah, some say it was a racially moti...

Also not enough. you can never put victims in the place they were before they were victimized. you cant unwind history. but restitution is important. thank you very much. >> senator accosta, one quick question. you mentioned to this legal team how powerful his lawyers were. did someone order you to cut a deal with epstein? >> his attorneys certainly filed several appeals with main justice. i will again restate when the career attorneys met with him, they presented certain terms. and the office s...

Florida u.s. attorney, cut a widely criticized plea deal with epstein in prosecution by pleading to state charges, including soliciting prostitution from a minor. he registered as a sex offender and spent 13 months in jail, but had permission to leave six days a week and work from a local office. accosta commenting for the first time since epsteins new york arrest. the crimes committed by epstein are horrific. with the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that ...

This happen? they went back -- >> what was that in 2008? >> thats the point. >> who made the phone calls. it wasnt the trump administration. this was a long time ago. this was in clinton land. where did this happen? he was friends with clinton. then bush. then you had obama. there were a lot of different administrations that overlap. who made phone calls to whom to get epstein the deal? >> the one in 2008? accost a was asked about this. interestingly. during the transition. is epstein a problem ...

Epsteins victims have been saying all this time -- >> what do you think changed this time? as we were talking about the indictment today, it is a litany of all the things that ive heard before. the only difference is who will stand behind >> the culture has changed and importantly the light that the miami harold shed on the victims stories that were incredibly poignant and credible. back in 2008, alan told accost a. he was going to make mincemeat of the women. in the miami harold showed they wer...

Vatican city. larger questions remain unresolved surrounding investigation and discipline of bishops accused of misconduct. alexander accosta is still on the job five days after a federal judge ruled he vie lighted the law while working as a prosecutor. accostas office reached aileen yent plea deal with sex offender jeffrey epstein, the judge said it was illegally sealed from his victims. the mouse is looking into the case. they are collecting signatures for a letter asking president trump dem...

Concern raising new questions about this conduct and whether the prosecutors involved did the right thing here. they do have explanations, though, as you heard accosta offering why they thought this was the best outcome at the time. >> so, chris, some lawmakers calling on the justice department including senator ben sasse that are writing in part the department of justice should, in fact, reopen its nonprosecution agreement so epstein and anyone else can be held accountable. what do you think th...

Tense relations between the u.s. and saudi arabia stemming from the killing of american journalist jamal khashoggi. replacing the man playing a key role in the cover-up of khashoggis death. and the ambassadorship has been vacant since president trump took office. a growing scandal involving alexander accosta. the head of labor. the white house is looking into accostas handling of a secret plea deal in 2008 involving billionaire jeffrey epstein facing charges of sexually abusing more than 30 te...

Herald" investigative reporter julie brown who is i am eternally grateful for the unbelievable reporting on this majorly important story. julie was awarded the prestigious george polk award. i am joined by former federal prosecutor and my good friend glenn kirchner. my goodness, julie, accosta was nominated as labor secretary in 2017, now he over sees child labor and human trafficking. he released this statement through a spokesperson that, ive got to be honest, i didnt even understand. im going...