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Lets get after it. ♪ not me, boss. thats what you heard from the labor secretary today, a lot of excuses. dont blame me. blame them for the jeffrey epstein sweetheart deal. >> simply put, the palm beach state attorneys office was ready to let epstein walk free. >> the former palm beach county state attorney says that is bs. a statement was put out saying, quote, federal prosecutors do not take a backseat to state prosecutors. true, by the way. mr. acosta brokered a secret plea deal that resu...

Is that the best or worst move right now? and we have news on what democrats are planning for mr. mueller. we have the plan and the stakes. what do you say? lets get after it. ♪ not me, boss. thats what you heard from the labor secretary today, a lot of excuses. dont blame me. blame them for the jeffrey epstein sweetheart deal. >> simply put, the palm beach state attorneys office was ready to let epstein walk free. >> the former palm beach county state attorney says that is bs. a statement w...

Choosing not to prosecute jeffrey epstein back in 2008 when he was he was attorney in florida, insisting that his office handled the case appropriately. he says florida state prosecutors were about to charge him then facing similar sex trafficking allegations with the state crimes i would have resulted in no jail time. until the office stepped in with a plea deal. >> simply put, the palm beach state attorneys office was ready to let epstein walk free. no jail time. nothing. prosecutors in my for...

People need to understand that. >> we had a chance to also speak with a number of border patrol agents out there patrolling every day. they tell us that they really are overwhelmed as they are dealing with so many people crossing, and we had a plan to go in and see some of these detention facilities. they would not let our cameras in there. we try to. we saw firsthand that they are packed with people. even where we are, julie, this is border crossing that people use every day illegally. these fa...

Case that he was the one who prosecuted epstein, and he was tougher than for example the democratic district attorney in this case. he was tougher than the local states attorney is in the palm beach area, who according to his account was going to let epstein walk. we should note it was the local authorities, not alex acosta, even after the plea deal, allowed him to leave jail every day. >> this is an old story. if you are wealthy are connected, whether left, red, or center in this country, you c...

Acosta claims that he did what he could because the state attorney was going to let epstein walk free. that state attorney now says that acosta is completely wrong. he says the u.s. attorneys office could have pursued their own charges, which they could have, but they abandoned the diamond. a 53-page indictment that his own office put together after a sit-down and discussion with epsteins lawyers. alex acosta said he wanted to make sure that epstein went to jail, which he did, sort of. under the...

Finance here now charged with sex trafficking. acosta says that as then-u.s. attorney in south florida he stopped and when state prosecutors were going to let epstein walk. the labor secretary, who is also facing calls from democrats to resign, insists he as the support of the white house, and more portly, president >> my relationship with the president is an outstanding. he has publicly made clear that ive got his support. i keep reading articles about my relationship with me and -- and he call...

Stiffer punishment. >> that is what the prosecutors of my office did, they insisted he go to jail and put the world on notice that he was and is say sexual predator. >> reporter: the 2008 case against jeffrey epstein said he coerced young girls, some as young as 14, to have sex with him. >> the palm beach state attorneys office was ready to let epstein walk free. no jail time, nothing. prosecutors in my former office found this to be completely unacceptable and they became involved. >> reporter:...

Expectations. and ambassador quits. britain ambassador to the united states resigns after leaked diplomatic cables show he called president trump insecure and incompetent triggering a series of insults from the president. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, embattled labor secretary alex acosta goes public to defend the still shocking plea deal he oversaw as a u.s. attorney a decade ago. which gave multi-millionaire jef...

Epstein walk free before his office intervened. >> the palm beach state attorneys office was ready to let epstein walk free. the prosecutors, 2008 article of accounts present the ultimatum. plead guilty to more serious charges, charges that required jail time, registration, and restitution, or reroll the dice and bring federal indictments. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> dana: part of the controversial plea deal allowed epstein ...