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>> reporter: as for epstein he pleaded guilty to just two state prostitution charges and served 13 months in county jail. he registered as a sex offender and paid restitution to his victims. secretary acosta addressed the plea deal in his confirmation hearing last year. >> based on the evidence, professionals within a prosecutor's office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally, and that guarantees other outcomes is a good thing. >> for a victim to be kept in the dark entirely in conjunction with an fbi probe being shut down ...

The terms, shutdown the fbi investigation into additional victims and accomplices, granted immunity to potential coconspirators and it was kept secret from the victims until it was approved. now victims have filed a civil suit calling the plea deal acco acosta arranged illegal. as for epstein he pleaded guilty to just two state prostitution charges and served 13 months in county jail. he registered as a sex offender and paid restitution to his victims. secretary acosta addressed the plea deal in his confirmation hearing last year. >> based on the evidence the professionals within a prosecutor'...

>> reporter: according to "the miami herald" the agreement between acosta and epstein's legal team allowed the defense to dictate the terms, shut down the fbi investigation into additional victims and accomplices and granted immunity to potential co-conspirators, and it was kept secret from the victims until approved. now victims have called a civil suit calling the plea deal acosta arranged illegal. >> is it illegal or improper? >> it could be both. certainly improper. >> reporter: as for epstein, he pled guilty to just two state prostitution charges and served 13 months in county jail. he re...

Largely the basis of this was largely discredited in the first place. i'm not going to get into confirming stuff. there's an ongoing investigation. also today, word that the russia investigation now involves two more trump associates. trump's personal attorney, michael cohen, and former trump surrogate and press aide boris epstein. after initially saying he would not respond to house and senate requests, trump's attorney cohen said he would testify before congress if a subpoena comes his way. as for epstein, he responded to the committee with several questions. tonight, our own andrea mitche...