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Hes not monitoring the bureau of prisons on a daily basis and certainly not the mcc. i dont know enough about the conflicts you and frank have raised to say they are real conflicts that make a difference in whether or not he could oversee the epstein case. i will say one thing that is unrelate today the investigation of this mans death, and that is you have to wonder lets just put aside acostas incredible sweetheart deal from mr. epstein. you have to wonder how the southern district of new york ...

Many people are saying the case is over, the criminal case against him. can you not prosecute somebody who has already passed away posthumo posthumously? >> you cannot. the criminal case against jeffrey epstein ends as of today. however, the criminal investigation that arises from jeffrey epsteins arrest and original investigation can go on if, in fact, for example, they executed search warrants on epsteins home and learned about other potential targets, those investigations will go on. the civi...

The first couple of years of the trump administration, when there was renewed interest in the epstein case and acostas role when he had previously been u.s. attorney in florida and a plea deal involving epstein when because of the recent charges in epsteins case that brought a new light on the plea deal from years ago in 2007 and 8 that of course brought a lot of unwanted attention on alex acosta. and because some of the victims in that case had not been consulted, the political and public press...

Heard lisa there talking about the case will continue. and she will continue the civil case, indeed. but what do you make of the legal case, the criminal case against him? is this the end? is it over with? >> so, yes, sadly, the criminal case against jeffrey epstein from the southern district of new york is done. in fact, hes dead, right, kendis? you cant prosecute him anymore. could there have been nor evidence of conscious of guilt the fact that jeffrey epstein has now killed himself. we know ...

Deserves an investigation. its also important to remember why he is in custody. its not because he had sexual relations with an underaged woman. its because he ran a criminal conspiracy sex trafficking ring that involved young girls, and even if they agree to participate in sex acts, they were not of the age of consent to legally do so. what we also know through court filings is his associations and allegations of criminal sexual behavior touch on -- these are criminal court filings -- the sitti...

Look. youre absolutely right when you led off the segment, kendis. this was supposed to be a weekend based on candidates eating fried food on a stick at the state fair. and now theyre spending part of their saturday talking about really, really heavy stuff, gun control legislation after a mass shooting. >> usually its something lighter on the topic and menu there. but its serious this weekend. nbcs ali vitali, thank you. one politician not running for president in iowa is former mayor mike blo...

>> so, obviously, theyre going to be looking into the questions of how and why. but there is also the larger issue of what happens now with these victims. and we are hearing a lot of anger from victims and victims attorneys that they effectively dont get their day in criminal court. they were looking forward to it. it was a long time coming. too long, you alluded to that in mention ago coing acosta in tha controversial plea deal in 2008. this brings an end in the case of jeffrey epstein. but the...

Good afternoon, everyone, im kendis gibson. we begin with the breaking news at 3:00 p.m. eastern time here, accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein is dead. were told it was an apparent suicide, and now the fbi is launching an investigation into his death. his death coming less than 24 hours after newly concealed court documents reveal disturbing new details of what was going on inside epsteins homes and revealed some of the powerful men associated. plus, visiting corn country, 2020 presidential ...

Issues theyre dealing with. this is not one where they will add their voice where is they dont need to. the department of justice, the fbi, the federal bureau of prisons, all of those areas, theres a legitimate area for them to be areaed abou eto be c about here. in terms of the acosta piece where the federal pressure was great upon his handling he was removed from the administration, so in many ways, thats sort of the end of the story when it comes to the intersection of the trump administratio...

Closely were they watching him. >> and "the new york times" is reporting he did see a psychologist fairly recently to evaluate him. kelly, to you, as we noted, the president at one time was good friends, by his own words with jeffrey epstein. they have a long history. are we hearing anything from trump so far? >> no, theres been no response from the president or the white house. and none is really expected. this case has certainly taken a very different turn. prior to the death of jeffrey epstei...