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Wouldve been different had you followed the law and consulted the victims? >> so, first, let me point out we followed department policy. department policy at the time made very clear, and this is in a written statement that was sequential issued by what is called the office of legal counsel which is the chief policymaking, the chief legal arm of the department of justice, that these situations with nonprosecution agreements are not covered by the cvra at the time because the cvra according to de...

The u.s. southern district of new york, that is the entity that has this case and is going to process it now. what is the financial part of things going to play into this discussion? because he is a wealthy person, but that is not what he is accused of. he is not accused of financial crimes at this point. >> wright, i think it is every little bit early to tell. there are a few red flags. the unclaimed wealth is a bit strange, and the secrecy surrounding his wealth is unusual especially in americ...

Altogether. but then the united states attorneys office in miami became involved. epstein got an ultimatum, plead guilty to a charge that would require jail time and registration, or face federal charges. that was the week, more than ten years ago, that epstein went to jail. times have changed and coverage of this case is certainly changed since that article. facts are important and facts are being overlooked. this matter started as a state matter. it was prosecuted initially by the state of flo...

Will new facts come out about the plea deal that was made in florida and then third, and you can to the power of that new accuser coming out and appearing on television. if you start to see a plot of these women, particularly women who were down in florida were numbered underrates there were never told that the steel had been made between then u.s. attorney acosta and epsteins lawyers, that could be very damaging as well. but job one for alex acosta if he wants to keep his job is to do well in t...

Now that runs counter to the record. you see in the court filings that acosta was involved. that he did have meetings with one of his former law partner who is representing jeffrey epstein and that also runs counter to the other cases that acostas office brought during that exact same time period with a prosecution of people for one person -- one victim that they had assaulted, not the alleged dozens of victims in this case. >> cara spinel, thank you very much. and lets go to our correspondent m...

Have helped them through this very difficult time. >> prosecutors say they will determine whether this will become a death penalty case following a preliminary hearing. meantime the suspect remains in jail without bail and is expected to make his first court appearance monday. >> shepard: claudia: . house lawmakers holding a hearing on the treatment of migrant children at border facilities. we will keep an eye on it. house homeland security committee hearing testimony on the feds use of facial r...

Victims? >> first, let me point out we follow department policy. department policy at the time made very clear, and this is in a written statement that was subsequently issued by what is called the office of legal counsel which is the chief policymaking -- the chief legal arm of the department of justice, that these situations with nonprosecution agreements are not covered by the cvr a at the time. because the cbre does not attach until a case is actually brought. i understand the judge had a di...

>> i understand that youre saying now that it is never a slam-dunk, it seems like you are making this out to be a case in which you held the possibility of a federal indictment over the head of mr. epstein to plead to a lesser crime. that in itself is against standards. >> i do not think that the office violated the a ba standards by negotiating strongly and forcefully. >> standing here today are you finally saying that you feel that you did everything you could. but you got the best deal that y...

Acosta. that was his actual vote. i swear. the president said, "i feel very badly, actually, for secretary acosta." the president also reiterated that the white house is carrying out some sort of review of alex acosta and his role in the epstein case. that is also what they said months ago when that federal judge ruled that acosta broke the law when he and his office made epstein this deal. the white house said then they were reviewing the matter. apparently its still being reviewed. i mean, in ...

Case, thats my job. >> tom? >> tom llamas, abc news. >> a lot of people are watching this news conference, including 7 young women who say they were teenagers, they say they went to you, looking for help, they didnt hear back from you until it was too late. do you owe them an apology? >> youre waysing the issue of a victim -- in the documents ive circulated. i addressed the issue of victim notification as well. the career prosecutor in this case had a difficult decision to make, and she didnt ma...