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>> alex, i think youll agree, you dont have to do this. he doesnt have to do this. >> the outgoing labor secretary told reporters he didnt want to be a distraction. amid growing questions over the sweetheart deal he gave to convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. >> i called the president, i told him i thought the right thing was to step aside. >> sources told cnn, the president had been stewing over acostas fate after praising the secretary earlier in the week. >> hes done a fantastic job. >> t...

The president effective seven days from today. >> alex acosta alex acosta indicating two days ago we have no plan stepping down as labor secretary him, then decided to t even the president didnt ask him. we bring in our panel, mollie hemingway of the federalist, new book of justice on trial. charles lane for "the washington post" ." mollie, do you have any sense that alex acosta jumped or was pushed? >> at the president wanted to make sure he stayed there, he stayed there. this is a sign that th...

Case. and the press conference that he had the other day was -- there were so many untruths there. i was preparing a fact check story where i was going to be able to show with documents that a lot of what he said was not true. so i just dont think that there was any way at this point hes going to be able to get ahead. >> you should still put that out. i think everyone will want to read that and pay perhaps even more attention to it now. what do you make of our katilan collins reporting that the ...

Series involving a name by the name of bruce ryan hart who was an assistant prosecutor with acosta. he technically was not on the epstein case, but epstein was pressuring these prosecutors, and among the other tactics he used was to offer them a job. mr. rein hart, hes now a federal magistrate. hes denied he did anything wrong at all. its very suspect that one day hes working for acosta and the next day hes working for epstein. he literally left his job at the prosecutors office one day and open...

Him deciding to resign. not that he did anything wrong, but because of the distraction from the great economy since he is the labor secretary. i mean, theres so many things to say about that, how that should not be the case. but look, it is. and it has been a distraction. not necessarily because he didnt do anything wrong, but because this is scandalous in the truest sense of the term, in that acosta was involved -- actually not just involved, he spearheaded a sweetheart deal to effectively allo...

That it ended up this way, particularly because you have more victims coming out. were hearing from these folks on the different networks and you imagine that thats going to continue as this case continues. >> absolutely. everyone stand by. with me on the phone is julie k. brown. without this dogged in trepid journalist, many of these charges may not have been brought. it is your reporting that has brought so much of this to light. thank you for all of the digging you have done and continue to d...

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As the prosecutor who handled the investigation, she says in this affidavit, these contentions overlook the facts that existed at the time. >> but this past february, a federal judge in miami ruled that acostas team had broken the law by hide iing the agreem for more than 30 underage accusers who alleged epstein sexually abused them. heres how acosta answered questions on that yesterday. >> several young women who say they were teenagers when jeffrey epstein sexually assaulted them. they say the...

The foreign minister called the claims of interference worthless. irans guard core denies the incident took place, but it comes a week after forces seized oil sanctions. yesterday iranian president said great britain would face consequences over that seizure. still ahead, a second judge rejects the justice departments request to change the legal taem on a case involving the 2020 census. what it means for the administrations efforts to add a controversial citizenship question. plus a flooding...

This week. lets start with the top stories. alex acosta deflected blame for his actions in the 2008 non-prosecution agreement with jeffrey epstein. invoking how complex cases are when they involve children. pointing to the words of an attorney on the case who said they were acting in the best interest of the victim. >> i have shared with those in this room today and will make available publicly an affidavit filed by the career prosecutor in a civil matter related to the epstein case. she talks a...