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Acosta claims that he did what he could because the state attorney was going to let epstein walk free. that state attorney now says that acosta is completely wrong. he says the u.s. attorney's office could have pursued their own charges, which they could have, but they abandoned the diamond. a 53-page indictment that his own office put together after a sit-down and discussion with epstein's lawyers. alex acosta said he wanted to make sure that epstein went to jail, which he did, sort of. under the deal, epstein did spend a little more than a year in a county lockup but able to leave during the...

Finance here now charged with sex trafficking. acosta says that as then-u.s. attorney in south florida he stopped and when state prosecutors were going to let epstein walk. the labor secretary, who is also facing calls from democrats to resign, insists he as the support of the white house, and more portly, president >> my relationship with the president is an outstanding. he has publicly made clear that i've got his support. i keep reading articles about my relationship with me and -- and he called me this morning to say, if asked, that our relationship is excellent, too. and any articles to t...

Stiffer punishment. >> that is what the prosecutors of my office did, they insisted he go to jail and put the world on notice that he was and is say sexual predator. >> reporter: the 2008 case against jeffrey epstein said he coerced young girls, some as young as 14, to have sex with him. >> the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free. no jail time, nothing. prosecutors in my former office found this to be completely unacceptable and they became involved. >> reporter: but prosecutors inked a deal letting him avoid a public federal trial. register as a sex offender ...

Expectations. and ambassador quits. britain ambassador to the united states resigns after leaked diplomatic cables show he called president trump insecure and incompetent triggering a series of insults from the president. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, embattled labor secretary alex acosta goes public to defend the still shocking plea deal he oversaw as a u.s. attorney a decade ago. which gave multi-millionaire jeffrey epstein a light sentence for sex crimes involving underage girls. acosta said his office step...

Epstein walk free before his office intervened. >> the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free. the prosecutors, 2008 article of accounts present the ultimatum. plead guilty to more serious charges, charges that required jail time, registration, and restitution, or reroll the dice and bring federal indictments. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> dana: part of the controversial plea deal allowed epstein from potentially serving the rest of his life in jail and served 13 months in jail. costa saying it...