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Himself from the story and to make sure the administration isnt asked daily about why isnt acosta resigning yet. >> is there anything acosta realistically could have done or said in? anything that might change what your describing? >> once the "miami herald" published the story about the deal that acosta struck with epstein in 2008, any resurfacing of the story in which the story became active, which is what happened this week when the southern district from new york indicted him was going to me...

February the judge who had been overseeing a lot of these six cases, the judge in the southern district of florida in the miami federal court essentially said, hey, you guys broke the law when you put together this deal and you didnt know the fight victims. on top of that, this is something that acosta wasnt being straightforward and wasnt being really forthcoming with at his press conference. he said and you guys led them to believe that you were still going to prosecute him even though youve g...

That permitted this horror story to unfold for as long as it did. some of them powerful, some of them not so powerful. but there was a network of adult enablers. and part of our intention is to attempt to identify who some of those adults. >> so you could potentially sue them as well. >> absolutely. and we will if we can identify some of them. >> miami herald reporting that at least a dozen other women have come forward with veering accusations about epstein. have you heard from any of the other...

But instead accosta rambled on how different the world is today, as if were talking about 1948 instead of 2008. >> todays world treats victims very, very differently. todays world does not allow some of the victim shaming that could have taken place at trial 12 years ago. >> these victims say you failed them. >> i understand what the victims say. and im not here to try to say that i can stand in their shoes or that i can address their concerns. im here to say we did what we did because we wanted...

The state attorney who was the state attorney for palm beach county that time, he says acosta could have gone after epstein with federal charges, particularly ss office had more evidence at their disposal. in a statement, he says this. "if mr. acosta was truly concerned with the state case and felt he had to rescue the matter, he would have moved forward with the 53-page indictment that has own office drafted." harris, acosta ended up signing a secret plea deal with epstein. a plea deal he says,...

That too, though is speaking to an audience of one. how will that one take all of this? the president himself told acosta to hold the press conference and wants him to keep his job. others saying they think he handled himself well todayment they must like deflecting, blaming and parsing of words. listen to what the secretary said about the sdny bringing far more serious charges than the plea deal he gave epstein. which netted him 13 months behind bars. most on work release. >> in all kinder i wi...

Golf cart. it is not a high class activity in some arenas. this is the kind of thing that donald trump partook of himself. and theres an old saying the fish stinks from the head down. to quote tony. this is a case where the boss there was a day when he would have thought it was okay. >> all right. >> it made money. >> alice, the women caddies would have worn pink skirts. white polos and some would be auctioned off add caddies. what do you think? you have epstein and acosta. you have e. jean carr...

Credibility. >> what would you say to those that say this is about getting money? >> he hurt me badly. i prefer not to go through that. so, this is one way for me to get justice. >> today lawyers for jennifer araoz told a new york court they intend to file a civil suit against epstein. next another nbc news exclusive revealing shocking treatment of migrant children at a ntion center in arizona including sexual assault and retaliatne first glimpse inside the governments newest holding center in...

Great to have you on, sir. yesterday alex acosta said his breakfast meeting with the defense attorneys was routine. listen to that. >> yes, i met with opposing counsel. it was a breakfast meeting because i was staying at the hotel. it was after, after, not before and not part of a negotiation, but it was after the agreement had been negotiated. that can be confirmed by looking at the date on the agreement and the date of the meeting. then i referred that attorney to the career prosecutors. nothi...

To an audience of one. the question is how will that one take all of? sources say the president himself told accosta to hold a press conference and wants the secretary to keep his job. others saying that they think accosta handled himself well today. i guess they must like deflecting, blaming and parsing of words. just listen to what the secretary said about the sdny bringing far more serious charges than the plea deal that he gave epstein. which netted him just 13 months behind bars. most of it...