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Sort of legal factors at play that i think make this case just a little bit more complicated than sort of an outright -- there was impropriety, and a sweetheart deal, and its kind of all swept up in that way. >> jessica: like what? >> alex: for example, there is the difference between the resources the state had available versus what the feds had available. >> jessica: but the indictment was ready to go. >> alex: theres the fact in the case of the federal -- or, for the feds, that they were tryi...

Negotiations between mr. epsteins lawyers and mr. aco a acosta. the state attorneys office was not a party to those meetings or negotiations and definitely had no part in the federal non-prosecution agreement and the unusual confidentiality arrangement that kept everything hidden from the victims. it he was concerned with the states case and felt he had to rescue the matter, he would have moved forward with the 5 3-page indictment that his own office drafted. instead, mr. acosta brokered a secre...

That they did reach exactly why epstein was going to be in court. so some of the victims attorneys were under the impression that he was pleading to a state charge but that the federal investigation was still continuing. and the judge ruled in this case that they did -- prosecutors did mislead the victims in thinking they were going forward with the case. >> obviously all this begs the question why. why did acosta do this? why did he seem friendlier to jeffrey epstein and his attorney than to th...

Virgin islands. so they should have -- he should have asked for help. he should have continued the case. he should have tried, for example, flip one of the people who worked for him. he had a whole menagerie of people who worked for him. pilots and schedulers and drivers, you know, it just went on and on and on. and so why didnt you get one of them to talk? why didnt you get his computers? his computers were -- they never subpoenaed his computers. >> these are all such interesting questions. and...

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Sis for the plea agreement they reached in 2008 that his team in the u.s. attorneys office reached in 2008. and again, we will continue to call on and support in every appropriate way the full prosecution of this case against jeffrey epstein. we have to protect our kids. and weve got to make it clear to those who prey upon our children that theres no tolerance for sexual or physical abuse of our children. >> just weeks after a fight over an emergency border bill broke out in the democratic caucu...

>> he was the top prosecutor in miami that time. one of the things he said was this was ten years ago, times were different, this was the best deal we could have ever gotten. it was too risky. it was a roll of the dice i think were his words to try to go to trial. and of course rape cases are a roll of the dice. everything is a roll of the dice when you go to trial. was this the best deal they could have ever gotten? >> no. palm beach police did a masterful job on this investigation. they were v...

Tendency among our generation to lash out along lines of gender and race when somebody feels aggrieved. and how it always sort of comes back to these characteristics, when there is a disagreement. i think that really shows a growing tension, and the democratic party between the younger progressives on the older establishment, that could be problematic for them ie coming election. >> harris: i want to get back to the stats. i dont want people to think i put words in joe bidens mouth. he prefaced ...

About something that happened in court? >> a federal appeals court panel ruled that president trump did not violate the constitution by making money off government guests in his d.c. hotel. attorney general from d.c. and maryland to sued, they lost. one of the judges questioned if the lawsuit was inappropriate use of the courts. its a victory for the trump administration trump administration. >> shannon: we are going to talk more about that in just a minute. in an attempt to get more background ...

Where does this go? >> this isnt that much of a loss for the doj, but its such a fascinating decision by both of these courts because the general rule is a client is allowed the choice of his or her attorneys. and particular with the doj, its one giant law firm. so they are switching around people within that law firm. but that right to counsel of your choice only extends so far as until it interferes with the rights of the court or others. and thats why theres an exception to the rule. if this ...