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Would've been different had you followed the law and consulted the victims? >> so, first, let me point out we followed department policy. department policy at the time made very clear, and this is in a written statement that was sequential issued by what is called the office of legal counsel which is the chief policymaking, the chief legal arm of the department of justice, that these situations with nonprosecution agreements are not covered by the cvra at the time because the cvra according to department policy does not attach until a case is actually brought. now i understand that the judge h...

The u.s. southern district of new york, that is the entity that has this case and is going to process it now. what is the financial part of things going to play into this discussion? because he is a wealthy person, but that is not what he is accused of. he is not accused of financial crimes at this point. >> wright, i think it is every little bit early to tell. there are a few red flags. the unclaimed wealth is a bit strange, and the secrecy surrounding his wealth is unusual especially in america and other countries you want to keep the size of your assets, your wealth, more secret because you...

Altogether. but then the united states attorney's office in miami became involved. epstein got an ultimatum, plead guilty to a charge that would require jail time and registration, or face federal charges. that was the week, more than ten years ago, that epstein went to jail. times have changed and coverage of this case is certainly changed since that article. facts are important and facts are being overlooked. this matter started as a state matter. it was prosecuted initially by the state of florida and not by the u.s. attorney's office. in 2006, a grand jury convened by the state attorney, t...

Will new facts come out about the plea deal that was made in florida and then third, and you can to the power of that new accuser coming out and appearing on television. if you start to see a plot of these women, particularly women who were down in florida were numbered underrates there were never told that the steel had been made between then u.s. attorney acosta and epstein's lawyers, that could be very damaging as well. but job one for alex acosta if he wants to keep his job is to do well in this news conference in half an hour. >> dana: we saw the vice president chief of staff that saying ...

Now that runs counter to the record. you see in the court filings that acosta was involved. that he did have meetings with one of his former law partner who is representing jeffrey epstein and that also runs counter to the other cases that acosta's office brought during that exact same time period with a prosecution of people for one person -- one victim that they had assaulted, not the alleged dozens of victims in this case. >> cara spinel, thank you very much. and let's go to our correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. you just spoke with the house speaker nancy pelosi. what did she have...