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Prosecutors epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. many question the terms of that ultimatum, whats called the nonprosecution agreement. a good prosecutor will tell you these cases are complex. especially when they involve children. even more so in 2006, i shared with those in this room today and will make it publicly. an affidavit filed by the career prosecutor in a civil matter related to the epstein case. she talks about the challenges faced. she talks about the victims b...

Epstein, arrested saturday night when his private plane arrived in the u.s. from paris. his home was raided concurrently. epstein has been charged with sex trafficking involving young women and underage girls. over a decade ago epstein was under federal investigation in florida for alleged crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors. then u.s. attorney alex acosta approved a deal allowing epstein to plead guilty to a lesser state charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. th...

Prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. now, many today question the terms of that ultimatum. what is called the nonprosecution agreement. good prosecutor will tell you that these cases are complex, especially when they involve children. and even more so in 2006. ive shared with those in this this room today and will make available publicly an affidavit followed by the career prosecutor in a civil matter related to the epstein case. she talks about the challenges...

Under federal investigation in florida for alleged crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors. then u.s. attorney alex acosta approved a deal allowing epstein to plead guilty to a lesser state charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. the problem is acosta is now this nations labor secretary. and so these latest charges against epstein have renewed outrage over the first agreement there, and sparked calls for acostas resignation as labor secretary. today we heard from acos...

Serious state charge that requires jail time, that requires registration, and under this agreement you will have a mechanism for restitution. but the agreement itself, you know, ultimately the state of florida and the state attorneys office in florida is a separate sovereign. the u.s. attorney does not determine how those offices run themselves or what charges they bring. i do not consider the victims prostitutes. i think that is insulting to them. these were victims. they were not just women vi...

Open questions about why the federal prosecutors in the southern district of florida walked away from these kinds of charges. why epstein was allowed to plead to a minor state charge in that case and why the victims were intentionally excluded from the process. they are stunning charges for a number of reasons and given the posture, they are more stunning. >> the attorney answered very few questions, but why is this case being brought by the public corruption unit. does that sound as strange to ...

Changes more stunning. quite frankly this is what should have happened in florida. these are the charges that the florida u.s. attorneys office could have brought and probably should have brought. i think this leaves a lot of open questions about why the federal prosecutors in the southern district of florida walked away from these kinds of charges. why epstein was allowed to plead to a minor state charge in that case and why the victims were intentionally excluded from the process. they are stu...

Coverage right now. >> thanks so much, joe. hi, there, im stephanie ruhle. we begin this morning with the growing calls for president trumps labor secretary alexander acosta to step down. one day after the legal controversy surrounding billionaire financier jeffrey epstein erupted here in new york city. epstein appeared in a courtroom monday pleading not guilty to charges he sex trafficked girls as young as 14 from 2002 to 2005. and he paid them hundreds of dollars in cash for, you guess it, s...

Take it so the president cant end run the case. >> do you think vances indictments and his indictments here are going to work and theyll stave off the possibility that the president will try to pardon paul manafort? >> i think potentially -- potentially it could work. in all likelihood, the offices coordinated with each other in with how the federal indictments were charged narrowly tailored to allow for this other state charge. i think this looks a bit political on vances part. if theres not a ...

Residential mortgage fraud among them, one of the most serious. hes looking at one to three years minimum. eight to 25 years maximum. these are huge ranges. those would be inescapable. theres nothing the president can do to pardon on a state charge? >> thats exactly right. thats one perhaps motivation for the district attorney in bringing these charges is really as a backstop in case of a pardon on the federal charges. so they will involve some of the same conduct, and my guess is the defense wi...