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Investigated. what we learned from obviously the southern district of new york is that, you know what, this is not a do-over. we were allowed to bring charges against him, because that nonprosecution agreement didnt prevent us, the southern district of new york, from going ahead and feeling these charges. so thats what gave them the jurisdiction and what they feel the legal right to go ahead and pursue these charges. and one last point i want to make, brooke. what we learned also today is they f...

That is significant and we see that a lot in these kinds of cases. perhaps people not fearing him any more, because he is in custody. the fact that hes now been brought to court and is facing charges. people have now come forward. they say they have called their tip line, called their hotline and come forward. so prosecutors are going to interview them. and this could be potentially more charges, obviously, for epstein. and then we heard a little bit from his attorneys, and we got a little look ...

The u.s. attorney of florida back then was alexander acosta, trumps current labor secretary. with high-profile attorneys ken starr and alan dershowitz representing epstein back then, acosta cut him a plea deal on lesser state charges which sent epstein to county jail for little more than a year and required he register as a sex offender. the sentencing so lax, though, epstein was allowed to continue working while serving time. >> i really dont know too much about it. i know hes done a great job ...

Sent him to prison for a little more than a year and he registered as a sex offender. >> i really dont know too much about it. i know hes done a great job as labor secretary and that seems like a long time ago but i know hes been a fantastic labor secretary. >> reporter: epsteins lawyers calling the new charges a quote, do-over of the florida investigation, which is now being looked into by the justice department. berman said the agreement made in florida has no bearing on the new charges. >> th...

And with more spirit >> dana: indictment as an accusation, not proof, but how does this -- how should people understand that this is happening after he had been charged with similar things before. >> these are not fresh compliance, this is pretty much a do over except in florida which the previous case happened over ten years ago this is not happening in southern district of new york. there is no issue with double jeopardy because technically he was never prosecuted by the feds in florida. he en...

Also in palm beach, florida. in february this year the president had this to say about his labor secretary and the plea deal given to his long-time friend. >> i really dont know too much about it. i know hes done a great job as labor secretary and that seems like a long time ago. >> reporter: in a 2002 "new york" magazine epstein profile trump said, "ive known jeff for 15 years. terrific guy. hes a lot of fun to be with. it is even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do. and many of them ...

>> brynn gingras thank you. and joining me is elliott williams. you heard the attorneys calling this indictment a do-over of the, quote, very stuff investigated by the feds in florida. so explain, is there a double jeopardy issue here and how can the south district of new york charge epstein if he reached a non-prosecution deal with different federal prosecutors in florida? >> well, the new york prosecutors were very -- if you read the indictment carefully, they were very careful in the facts ...

Advantage. the loudest complain of the pro trump conservative media machine now and for the past two years, donald trumps loudest complain since becoming president, a complain he continues to lodge on twitter most days even now, the russia investigation was not real and the russia investigation was a coup against him and the real scandal is not being investigated by which he means he didnt have the kind of attorney general who investigated the people he wanted investigated and he didnt have an a...

Complain he continues to lodge on twitter most days even now, the russia investigation was not real and the russia investigation was a coup against him and the real scandal is not being investigated by which he means he didnt have the kind of attorney general who investigated the people he wanted investigated and he didnt have an attorney general who would turn the power against his enemies and of course against the people who investigated donald trump and what it was that russia did to help him...

To break out. and theres a lot to break out about right now. will he talk about nike and the betsy ross flag? will he talk about justin amash, will he talk about people criticizing him for having tanks at the end? i mean, there are so many things running through his mind we know from twitter that -- thats likely what well get. >> hes someone that a cares about optics. moving this to the lincoln memorial, obviously he was thinking a lot, thinking about this as an inauguration day do-over. we know...