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Terms of confinement were under the jurisdiction of the state of florida. >> notably though the state of florida does not allow work release. >> thats not common practice. >> former states attorney accuses him of trying to rewrite history. federal prosecutors do not take a back seat to state prosecutors. thats not how it works in the real world. a 53 page indictment that was abandoned after secret negotiations. >> he said it was after the agreement had been negotiated. according to the miami her...

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...

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...

Palm beach police department in 2005. the palm beach police department asked the fbi to get involved. the fbi that investigated and basically had a 53-page indictment ready to go. now at this point in the span of, you know, i think -- in the span of about six months, this translates into a plea deal where he then -- epstein pleads to these lesser charges in state court. its important to remember -- >> one victim involved who was 17, you know, it was like the best-case scenario for him. and the m...

This is evil. what jeffrey epstein has done. and we dont i think we only know the tiniest bit of the story. this is somebody who lived all over the world with a private jet and private island. its harrowing to think about how many children were harmed because of this man. and because he wasnt put away. >> i didnt think about it. the aspects between here and the island. i didnt think about all over the world and what could come of it. very interesting. a legal person here, anything he said today ...

Seeing this bad man. lets be clear, this is evil what jeffrey epstein has done. i mean -- i think we only know the tiny est, tineest bit of this story. this is somebody who lived all over the world with a private jet, with a private island. its harrowing to think about how many children were harmed because of this man and because he wasnt put away. >> i didnt think about it. i thought about the aspects between here, you know, and the island, right? i didnt think about as you said, all over the w...

What the news is like now. and on days like today with news cycles like this, i will admit to finding it a little -- i dont know if its unnerving, but at least unsettling that those kinds of stories i just described from todays news cycle are unspooling in todays news alongside this scandal in washington. this today was president trumps labor secretary, alex acosta in which he addressed his role in a still murky deal in which he and his office signed a non-prosecution agreement with jeffrey epst...

And the main case he made today is that he had to do this non-prosecution deal with 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 d...

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...

Of people on the flight with young girls were on the flight as well. you would think that that would be powerful testimony. >> ive been there where sex crimes prosecutors, two separate ones, have tried cases much better than these to prove and lost of them. these guys walked scot-free. by the way, the woman is still in the u.s. attorneys offense in south florida who was in charge of this. she is a bulldog tough prosecutor, to this day, she suggested the 18 month plea along with the fbi, and the ...