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Senator lamar alexander told reporters yesterday that acostas confirmation in 2017, "the committee," and i could hear from senator alexander," looked into this thoroughly. we found that the plea agreement when he was u.s. attorney was approved by the bush justice department. it was defended by the obama justice department, and then by the trump justice department." heres what acosta himself said during his confirmation hearing about the epstein case. "at the end of the day, based on the evidence...

Insurance requirement and it certainly didnt do the entire law. the case will be heard this afternoon by three appellate judges, two republicans, one democrat, and no matter what happens, this is going to play into the 2020 election campaign. and poppy, it will likely be destined for the u.s. supreme court. >> okay. thank you very much. stay on it. of course chief justice john roberts will play a huge role in this as it likely goes to the supreme court. thats what your new book the chief is all ...

The kind of question that be put to president trump in the oval office a short time from now. >> and kelly, just as you were mentioning, first the confirmation hearings, but again in april as a house budget committee hearing, secretary acosta was asked about what he had done as the u.s. attorney in floor abo florida. lets watch. >> 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 inca...

This nasty, cruel lawsuit. >> sandra: you have been listening to senator chuck schumer on the senate floor there officially. as expected, calling on the resignation of alex acosta. president trumps labor secretary, referencing back that then secret plea deal that was made for jeffrey epstein in 2008. making the case that he should go, and if he does not resign, he calls on the president to fire him. >> bill: chuck schumer on the floor, he moves on to health care. we shall move on as well because...

You do so, is that accurate? >> the grand jury in palm beach county recommended a single count of solicitation not involving minors, i believe, and that would have resulted in zero jail time, zero registration as a sexual offender, and zero restitution for the victims in this case. the matter was then presented to the u.s. attorneys office. we decided that a sentence or how should i put this, that mr. epstein should plead guilty to two years, register as a sex offender and concede liability so t...

2,020. and i think all evidence is going to point thats going to be the case. he just feels like yesterdays senator and thats his problem. he talked about the segregationists that he knew in the 70s, because it was comfortable, it was natural, it was joe. hes missing what 2020 feels like, especially for grassroots democrats. i do think theres another side of all of this, and that is theres a tremendous tension inside the democratic party because to get as far left as they can but still defeat do...

Getting that question on the census. the legal team would be from the civil division and james burnham, who had been heading it up for the department of justice was taken off the case. however, when it was brought before a court in new york city, the judge denied the motion to change the legal team. its unclear at this point where all of this stance. if the attorney general william barr barr saying yesterday that he believes that there is a way that they can get that question on the census, but ...

Speak at all was an appointee of president carter. you do have a mix on the panel there but its almost certain that whomever wins or loses here, this thing is going to end up at the supreme court and, listen, its going to be a political event as well because if the democrats lose, theyre going to say okay, republicans are stripping away health care from tens of millions of people, but they have no backup plan. they talked about it quite a bit, you know the g.o.p. has not been able to come up wit...

Lead the department of labor. if he refuses to resign, president trump should fire him. instead of prosecuting a predator and a serial sex trafficker of children, acosta chose to let him off ea 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 as of the office of professional responsibility to make public the results of the reviews of the epstein case. se...

The rest of it we will have to look at. we will have to look at it very carefully. >> bret: growing calls on capitol hill from mostly democrats that secretary of labor alex acosta should resign. the labor department says "secretary acosta is not resigning. all of this turns around on this criticism that he cut the sweetheart deal. the secretary tweeting "the crimes committed by epstein are horrific and im pleased that near prosecutors are moving forward with a case based on new evidence. it with...