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Signed by jeffrey epstein. >> before. >> that is correct. and so i'm looking at this. i'm looking at, you know, according to this, what appears to be a violation of federal statute. and i'm still trying to wonder exactly what happened here in light of the statement by accosta. >> and was an identified minor at the time. >> correct. >> one of the things alex acosta said several times is prosecutors will often take a deal over the roll of the dice of the trial. but what james patterson wrote about in a book and what julie reported on, are pieces of evidence that unless you had as a prosecutor re...

More urgency to roll back regulations. but ultimately accosta's fate, lester, will be up to president trump. >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you. next a shocking murder case outside phoenix. police say a 17-year-old was stabbed to death at a gas station because he was playing rap music. now anger over the case is spilling onto social media. let's get more from nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: the murder of elijah el almin igniting the #justice for elijah, some say it was a racially motivated murder. the teen stopped at a gas station playing rap music. stabbed in the neck allegedly ...

Also not enough. you can never put victims in the place they were before they were victimized. you can't unwind history. but restitution is important. thank you very much. >> senator accosta, one quick question. you mentioned to this legal team how powerful his lawyers were. did someone order you to cut a deal with epstein? >> his attorneys certainly filed several appeals with main justice. i will again restate when the career attorneys met with him, they presented certain terms. and the office stayed true to those terms throughout. those terms did not change the agreement did not change. no l...

Florida u.s. attorney, cut a widely criticized plea deal with epstein in prosecution by pleading to state charges, including soliciting prostitution from a minor. he registered as a sex offender and spent 13 months in jail, but had permission to leave six days a week and work from a local office. accosta commenting for the first time since epstein's new york arrest. the crimes committed by epstein are horrific. with the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that epstein go to jail, register as a sex offender. now that new evidence and additional testimony is a...

This happen? they went back -- >> what was that in 2008? >> that's the point. >> who made the phone calls. it wasn't the trump administration. this was a long time ago. this was in clinton land. where did this happen? he was friends with clinton. then bush. then you had obama. there were a lot of different administrations that overlap. who made phone calls to whom to get epstein the deal? >> the one in 2008? accost a was asked about this. interestingly. during the transition. is epstein a problem during the confirmation hearing? and batted it awa saying no, no. i had one meeting and i was told...