agreement, it was correctly described as a sweetheart deal in the way he described it i think doesn't really fit those who have had that job before. >> shepard: he refused -- he said he wouldn't really comment on whether epstein's money and powerful lawyers had an effect on the case. >> what can you say question mike that's obviously the answe answer. it's hard for someone to say yes it's because he had very powerful lawyers. >> shepard: i got the feeling that he was speaking to an audience of one today and you wonder how that audience felt. >> i think he had to be. he was trying to keep his job. if he was talking to people and the department of justice with victims, he didn't do it in a way that's very compelling. he never apologized to victims nor did he really give them an answer they might've been looking for. he didn't provide the answer. >> shepard: they never had their say. how unusual is that? >> it's particularly unusual, looking again at the letter