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Changed. a decade ago there was no such thing as a child prostitute. there is no such thing. children are victims of sex trafficking crimes. what epstein was permitted to plea to did not reflect the chargeable conduct that he actually, that he could have proven in court at that time. so look. it does appear acosta has double himself a favor with president trump. its not as though his current role has nothing to do with any of it. the secretary of labor oversees u.s. labor laws including human tr...

Agreement that allowed epstein and kwo conspirators are he remain free and evade justice despite overwhelming evidence. mr. acosta hit this agreement from epsteins victims. no one can figure out why mr. epstein was able to persuade u.s. attorney acosta not to prosecute. other than epstein could afford high-priced attorneys. as the "miami herald" editorial board wrote this morning, it was not just that acosta failed to get it right in 2008, the evidence suggests he didnt care to. accordingly, i a...

Acostas ability to lead the department of labor. if you refuses to resign, president trump should fire him. instead of prosecuting a predator and serial sex trafficker of children, acosta chose to let him off easy. this is not acceptable. we cannot have as one of the leading appointed officials in america someone who has done this. plain and simple. second, i am calling on the department of justice office of professional responsibility to make public the results of its review of aacostas handlin...

Trump praised his labor secretary for doing a great job when asked about the handling of epsteins case. and in 2002, then private citizen donald trump told "new york" magazine, jeffrey epstein was a, quote, terrific guy. saying he likes beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side, no doubt about it. jeffrey enjoys his social life. donald trump is not was implicated in epsteins alleged crimes. the president has seen or talked to him in more than a decade. epstein is w...

This spring he was in front of members of congress. let me play a bit of that for you. >> the department of justice, for the past 12 years, has defended the actions of the office in this case. at the end of the day, mr. epstein went to jail. epstein was incarcerated. he registered as a sex offender. the victims received restitution. >> how do your clients respond to that? >> i mean, there are so many things wrong with that statement. number one, he didnt really go to jail. if being able to go ba...

Yorker. >> sure. a great philanthropist. thank you, bill, for what you row and for recognizing alex. >> the book is called "four friends." how about that summer read. im stephanie ruhle. coming up more news with hallie jackson. >> i am hallie jackson in washington. right now looking ahead to a day of potentially fast-moving developments given the pressure building on a member of the presidents cabinet. alex acosta, the labor secretary, facing more and more calls to resign this morning o over how...

Their day in court. heres how one of the women reacted. >> just to hear that theyre standing up for the victims. you know what i mean? it is just like so overwhelmingly un -- its past due. >> with me now is attorney spencer representing three of epsteins alleged victims from his 2008 non-prosecution agreement. thanks for being with us today. >> thank you for having me today. >> tell me how your clients are feeling these past 24 hours? >> i can tell you ive been in contact with them, and they are...

Listen, the focus should not be on alex acosta but jeffrey epstein himself. yet here you are talking about how your client believes there could be should be a focus on acosta. what is the response from those you represent to the white houses position this morning? >> all my clients want the focus to be on everyone that was involved in this bad deal. obviously the perpetrator, mr. epstein, this fed file, should be behind bars. he should have been there since 2007. but, again, we need to focus on ...

New revelations and there should be hearings. and, third, the president needs to answer for his statements he has made about his relationship with mr. epstein. in 2002, he said he had known epstein for 15 years and he was, quote, a terrific guy who enjoyed women, quote, on the younger side. unquote. epstein was also reportedly a regular at the mar-a-lago club for years. the president needs to answer for this. and i dont recall is not an acceptable answer in this case. particularly since presiden...

Another bound by. theyre not bound by an agreement that the southern district of florida entered into because they were not part of it and theyre not going to honor it, which is really an interesting con flick that it sets up between two separate districts, two u.s. attorneys office within the federal government. >> lets talk about when it comes to the next thing, july 15th, detention hearing, when it comes to prosecutions and epste epsteins lawyers. youve got two private planes, a private islan...