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Role in a 2008 non-prosecution agreement that allowed jeffrey epstein to forego the possibility of heavier jail time for sex crimes involving minors. serving a 13 month jail term with much spent in work release. welcome back to "morning joe" on wednesday, july 10th. still with us, msnbc contributor, michael barnacle, political correspondent for msnbc news steve kornacki. reporter for the "washington post," eugene scott and joining the conversation, former u.s. senator, now an msnbc political ana...

So this work release was complete b.s. ive been on record as far back as 2011 saying that it was not what was bargained for and it was not what we expected. >> dana: acosta was asked several times to apologize to epsteins victims. heres part of what he said. >> i understand with the victim saying 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 to see epstein go to jail. >> dana: jesse, alex acosta...

Think it was 13 months in prison. it turned out most of that he was on essentially work release and he would register as a sex offender.en thats extremely lenient given that they were considering such serious federal charges as i understood it could have led to life in prison. so that aspect of the content is unusual. its also unusual that they agreed as part of the deal to keep it secret including from the victims in violation of a statute, the crime victims rights act. in addition it provided ...

The content is unusual because its extremely lenient. notwithstanding the fact that his office had apparently prepared a draft of 50 pains of serious felony charges, that indictment wasnt filed and instead what the deal provided was that epstein would plead guilty to florida state charges that resulted in him serving, i think it was 13 months in prison. it turned out most of that he was on essentially work release and he would register as a sex offender. thats extremely lenient given that they w...

Sentence and got this deal, the idea that he was allowed to be out of jail on a work release and he was barely punished at all and the girls were classified and when he was convicted of was prostitution. >> right. they treated these girls like they were prostitutes even though they were underage. thats one of the excuses for not charging him with more serious crimes because they accepted money. it was their fault in their minds that these girls came from vulnerable families and broken homes and ...

Sent him to jail on state prostitution charges. epstein spent 13 months in jail and allowed to leave every day to go to work. acosta defended himself on the record about this plea deal saying epstein would have walked free had it not been for this deal. >> he was going to get off. it was the work of our office that resulted in him going to jail. ive been on record condemning the terms of his incarceration because the work release, i understand why folks were upset. that was florida law. that was...

Victims, and prosecutors crafted a 53-page indictment. but under then u.s. attorney alex acosta, who is now donald trumps secretary of labor, prosecutors struck a non-prosecution deal with epsteins lawyer that allowed him to completely avoid any federal charges. epstein potentially faced life in prison, but instead he pled guilty to state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution and only served 13 months. he had work release privileges six days a week with a private driver to transport him...

Private office. acosta has defended the plea deal as appropriate under the circumstances, including this past april before the house appropriations subcommittee. >> as i was saying the department of justice for the past 12 years has defended the actions of the office in this case. the end of the day mr. epstein went to jail. epstein was incarcerated. he registered as a sex offender. the world was put on notice that he was a sex offender, and the victims received restitution. >> 13 months in coun...

The u.s. attorneys office for the southern district of new york yesterday. it says that the fbi and u.s. attorneys office found these violations. you have eight specific violations, and for some reason, that went away. >> that carried a life sentence, by the way. >> essentially a life sentence. >> up to a life sentence. he got 13 months and jeffrey epstein went on to joke about it. >> very lenient term where hes allowed to leave for work release during the day. it wasnt he was allowed to just be...

Involvement whatsoever. nancy pelosi is calling on acosta to resign. quote, he engaged in the uncontionenable agreement with epstein, kept secret from courageous young victims preventing them from seeking justice. this was known by the president when he appointed acosta to the cabinet. as "the miami herald" reported, facing a 53-page federal indictment epstein could have ended up in prison for the rest of his life in 2008 but a deal was struck with acostas office and not only would epstein serve...