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The federal government, "this is a state case. its a serious state case, but the state of florida, the palm beach county state attorney office, is on the case. it has investigated the case, so lets resolve this as a state case rather than federal." >> harris: a couple things. a lot of people just call this a sweetheart deal. >> its ridiculous. go back and read -- in my judgment. go back and read the nonprosecution agreement. he had to do things such as register as a sex offender, spend time in j...

Case, the attorney general is the boss of anybody bringing those charges, so he does have that ability. in a state case, he has no ability whatsoever. its a separate sovereign. and also dont forget that doj opinion from the office of legal counsel that says a sitting president cannot be indicted, that only binds federal prosecutors. and so we may see that tested in the supreme court about whether the constitution prohibits it, but theres no policy that would prohibit the manhattan district attor...

Wind up testifying in this case? >> i think he very well could. dont forget, not only would we hear from michael cohen, but there are recordings that michael cohen made with himself and donald trump. you know, when you have someone like michael cohen, who has a lot of baggage and has lied before and has very questionable credibility, what prosecutors try to do is corroborate what they have to say with documents, recordings and other witnesses. so that recording where hes talking with president t...

Evidence. i would be torn. >> they had a 53 count federal indictment drafted against this guy, and acosta did not pursue it. he chose to step aside and let the state prosecutors handle it because he says he wanted to ensure? >> sean: what about the grand jury in that case? >> i believe that epstein seduced everyone from politicians to prosecutors with his fabulous money. >> sean: sad. sad. you touch a kid, its evil. by the way, even the worst, hardened criminals, you know this, they cant stand t...

15 inches locally in areas that have been hit hard with flooding earlier this year. that is going to make the flood potential very high for places in and around the louisiana coast line. >> well certainly keep an eye on it. thank you very much. turning to an ongoing controversy. no regrets and no apology. alexander acosta insisting that he secure the best possible deal when he prosecuted financier jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges a decade ago. on wednesday acosta condemned what he ca...

Himself. i just think it was gross misrepresentation. for people who dont know any better would buy it. i know better. i dont buy it. it was stated that its uncommon for the federal government to get involved in state cases. thats a crock. kus maurly theres concurrent jurisdiction. the federal government can prosecutor and so can the state. the federal government swoops down and takes cases from the state they need to because the interest of justice demands they could. one case i tried two summe...

Across the gulf coast states. >> well keep an eye on it going into the weekend. derek van dam, thank you. now continuing with a controversy weve been covering over the last few days, no regrets and no apology. the labor secretary alex and der acosta insisting that he secured the best deal when he got jeffrey epstein on sex trafficking charges years ago. he claims he decided to intervene in a state case because he thought epstein was going to escape jail time. listen. >> a state grand jury brou...

Labor secretary alex and der acosta suggesting he secured the best deal possible. he condemned what he calls horrific crimes committed by epstein. he said he decided to intervene in a state case because he thought epstein was going to escape jail time. >> a state grand jury brought that single completely unacceptable charge. we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. >> epstein did go to jail. he received a 13 month jail sentence sort of, he was allowed to go to work 12 hour...

Doorstep of the state and to say, well, they let him surrender himself, et cetera, i just think it was gross misrepresentations. and for people who dont know any better, they would buy it. i know better and i can tell you that i dont buy it. one last point. it was also stated its uncommon for the federal government to get involved in state cases. thats a crock. and ill tell you why its a crock, because customarily, there is something called concurrent jurisdiction. for those of us in english, th...

Intervene in what had been a state case because he thought epstein was going to escape jail time altogether. >> a state grand jury brought that single, completely unacceptable charge. we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. >> epstein did go to jail. he received a 13-month jail sentence. get this, he was allowed on work release, six days a week, 12 hours a day. hanging out at his office. the secret plea deal he helped broker looks pretty lenient now. >> the expectation wa...