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>> the story is really beyond grotesque. when you read the details, and you dont need to be a parent. being a parent, makes it even worse. and he saying them a sense in being reading these details is completely horrified. the other thing about this case, its really bothersome. geraldo is right, there has been some decent journalism but some of it is displaced. this criticism of acosta, trump trumps cabinet secretary, alexander acosta. it was the case prosecuted well? was a sentence lenient? peop...

That they did reach exactly why epstein was going to be in court. so some of the victims attorneys were under the impression that he was pleading to a state charge but that the federal investigation was still continuing. and the judge ruled in this case that they did -- prosecutors did mislead the victims in thinking they were going forward with the case. >> obviously all this begs the question why. why did acosta do this? why did he seem friendlier to jeffrey epstein and his attorney than to th...

Prison. he was sentenced to just 13 months in a county jail and had to register as a sex offender. he was able to leave six days a week in a private chauffeur for a work release program to his private office. when reporters pressed secretary acosta yesterday, about why he agreed to such a deal, acosta placed blame squarely on local prosecutors in florida. >> the palm beach state attorneys office was ready to let epstein walk free, no jail time, nothing. the prosecutors in my former office found ...

County, reviewed the evidence and recommended a single charge. and that charge would have resulted in no jail time at all. no registration as a sexual offender. and no restitution to the victims. without the work of our prosecutors epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> would you make this same agreement today? >> we now have 12 years of knowledge and hindsight, and we live in a very different world. todays world treats victims very, very differently. todays world does no...

Aggressively. lets listen to some of that. >> 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, our office became involved. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> well, the man who he invoked, the former florida state attorney, he says this. if mr. acosta was truly concerned with the states ...

County, reviewed the evidence and recommended a single charge. and that charge would have resulted in no jail time at all. no registration as a sexual offender. and no restitution to the victims. without the work of our prosecutors epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> would you make this same agreement today? >> we now have 12 years of knowledge and hindsight, and we live in a very different world. todays world treats victims very, very differently. todays world does no...

Charge. >> yesterday the former palm beach county state attorney called acostas account completely wrong. the number of former federal prosecutors didnt agree with acostas arguments either. lets watch. >> if he had really wanted to swoop in and save the day, it sounds like there was a 53-page indictment that his office had drafted, why not go forward with those charges? >> if they didnt feel they had the quantum of proof they needed, they simply could have continued the investigation until they ...

Epstein because the state of florida was screwing it up. remember he was the federal prosecutor. he said state prosecutors had evidence on epstein, but they were not going to be able to get a proper conviction or sentence. acosta had to swoop in with this deal. a federal non-prosecution deal pleading guilty to one state charge and doing time in a county jail where he got let out on work release where his driver drove him home. today in response to secretary acostas press conference, the top pros...

Gotten away with just that state charge. >> matt miller is a former chief spokesman for the justice department. he is a security analyst. acosta did not apologize to epsteins victims. you tweeted, dont know why acosta doesnt say this in response to the victim question, im sorry, i tried to do my best for you, im sorry i wasnt able to get a better outcome, i wish i had and in hindsight maybe i made the wrong decisions, i did the best i could, but you deserve better. what did acosta accomplish on ...

The palm beach states attorney who was assigned to that case. take a listen. >> 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. our office became involved. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> today that former states attorney is calling acostas recollection of the case, quote, completel...