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Same period. the same kinds of lurid sex crimes against children. they are new charges about different allegations from the last time he was investigated in florida. the ones covered by the non-prosecution agreement which has been protecting him from being charged there. that agreement not to prosecute is only valid in southern florida where accoosta made the deal which left the field wide open for prosecutors in new york to conduct an investigation of their own into epstein's conduct in new york in their back yard which led to the brand-new charges today. prosecutors in new york do not think ...

Would you have cut this plea deal? >> i would not. there are three serious red flags here. it has been described as a sweetheart deal. i do think that is a fair characterizati characterization. there was already a 53-page indictment drafted before the nonprosecution agreement was entered into. the level of collaboration between the u.s. attorney and the defense attorneys in reaching this nonprosecution agreement was extremely unusual, especially given that he seems to have agreed to keep things close. i think the failure to notify victims, the fact that there was a 53-page document already dra...

Two counts of sex trafficking for alleged crimes committed between 2002 and 2005 in florida as well as new york state. there's a lot to unfold here. we will get into epstein's background in a second. reveal to you why this is a big deal. joining me now is tom winter who has been following this story and former federal prosecutors carol lamb and katie shertefski. was this a surprising arrest? >> it was in the fact that this arrest was going to be made on saturday, yesterday, when he was arriving coming from overseas. that was a surprise. after that, our understanding is that federal law enforce...