Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190711:09:03:00
Negotiations between mr. epstein's lawyers and mr. aco a acosta. the state attorney's office was not a party to those meetings or negotiations and definitely had no part in the federal non-prosecution agreement and the unusual confidentiality arrangement that kept everything hidden from the victims. it he was concerned with the state's case and felt he had to rescue the matter, he would have moved forward with the 5 3-page indictment that his own office drafted. instead, mr. acosta brokered a secret plea deal in violation of the crime victims rights act. acosta defended his position as labor s...