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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 ...

But even acosta concedes he wasn't happy with how lenient the deal turned out to be. epstein was allowed to leave jail to go to work if he only served 13 months. >> when we proceeded, the expectation was that it would be an 18 month sentence in the expectation was that it would be served in jail. and so this work release was complete b.s. and i've been on record as far back as 2011 saying that it was not what was bargained for. >> as for epstein's victims, were largely kept in the dark about the deal, secretary acosta insists the prosecutors in his office were trying to protect them. >> as she...

Again. epstein, there is all kinds of things you could go at him on. financial things, how did he make his money? you know when someone is engaged in activities like this, there is a money trail that is probably criminal. that needs to be looked at. i would hope someone could freeze his assets right now so all of these young girls who are victimized by him, who should not be blaming themselves, that broke my heart to see that girl blaming herself for not coming forward, that is something that these predators do to them. that is the secondary victimization. so none of these young girls should b...

Six days a week. it's not sure what role the plea teal will be under. >> as for epstein the president is trying to distance himself in the wake of a new indictment in new york charging him with running a child sex ring. this is the same jeffrey epstein mr. trump once described as a terrific guy. now not so much. >> well, i knew him like everybody in palm beach knew him. people in palm beach knew him. he was a fixture in palm beach. i had a falling out with him a long time ago. i don't think i've spoken to him for 15 years. i wasn't a fan. >> but "the new york times" has new reporting this morn...

Time which is against the law as found by a federal judge earlier this year. i want you to listen to part of his explanation. >> the concern and these are the words of the career prosecutor, that, quote, she did not want to share with the victims that the office was attempting to secure for them the ability to obtain monetary compensation because she is aware if she disclosed that, and the negotiations fell through, epstein's counsel would use this to question the victims' credibility. >> what was your response when you heard him say that? >> well there is two problems with that argument. firs...