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Now epstein faced similar charges in florida more than a decade ago, but was able to cut a lenient nonprosecution agreement with the u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida that protected him from federal prosecution, allowed him to plea to state charges and spend just 13 months in jail with work release privileges. the u.s. attorney who oversaw and signed off on that deal was none other than alex acosta, who is now donald trump's labor secretary. in the wake of the new charges against epstein, more than a dozen democratic presidential candidates, along with chuck schumer and nancy ...

Attorney. you should be still advocating for these girls. these were, you know, young 13, 14, 15-year-old girls here. you know, that's who you should be protecting, not a child molester. >> and just to be clear, these girls, these teenaged girls, they and their parents wanted to go forward, right? >> yes. >> they wanted -- oftentimes in these cases you have extremely reluctant witnesses, for good reasons, ambivalent about it. in these cases the individuals wanted the charges to be pursued. >> there were several women that were very strong about it, and in fact they were calling the prosecutor'...

Association. fred, i want to start with you. why are you against a memorial that honors those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect for freedoms like the first amendment. >> because we want to honor the all and that is our main thrust. we even have a ##honorthemall. we understand the 30-foot tall latin cross on government land broadcast clearly that only christians soldiers are being honored. >> honoring all the hell is it honoring them to remove it? that doesn't make any sense despite your #. >> in 1985, the cross was declared to be in honor of all veterans of all wars, all veterans were...

Including in the first amendmen first amendment, they died to defend. west virginia's attorney general, who led to the group of 30 states in challenging the lower court said "we owe a great deal of data know my gratitude to the brave men and women who sacrificed everything for our country. honoring that sacrifice with memorials that include religious symbols does not violate the u.s. constitution and is one of the many freedoms these men and women fought to preserve." the challenge of the cross began with the american humanist association, a nonprofit atheist organization that has, of course, ...

Almost 90 years. it has been part of the fabric, the historic tradition within the community. there is really no reason to tear it down from a legal perspective. >> lisa: fred, i want to talk to you about the slippery slope problem the attorney general just addressed. and i want to read you a quote. we have the quote. this great stone is bulldozed to the ground, it is only a matter time before the wrecking ball turns on arlington national cemetery and hundreds of other memorials like this across the country." i want to know what you think of that, fred. not only that, you look at military awar...