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So, it's a significant case. >> "the new york times" saying this is an extraordinary series of events in a long and sordid criminal case. help us understand how that might go forward. >> part of that nonprosecution agreement was signed with the state. so, there's a little bit of a gray area here, as far as how much that mpa covers. and if it covers the time period in question. that's something we have to get a better handle on. we've seen discussions about the mpa, in court papers tied to civil litigation in this case. what we don't know are the specific parameters of that. we don't have it in...

In these reports. clearly, according to the court documents and some of the things that jeffrey epstein pleaded guilty to, the documents make it clear. he preyed on a specific type of young girl. he preyed on young girls who didn't have a lot of money. may not have been, you know, attending the top schools. may have had their own personal troubles. may have been innocent victims that were totally wrapped up in this. and he paid them. he paid them to do sex acts for what were supposed to be massages. >> and he paid them to get other young people to engage, as well. why the feds took the positio...

Have been abused after that date because the federal statute of sex trafficking was abolished in 2002. since that time, those cases would qualify for prosecution. and we believe there's probably one victim, if not more, in new york they're going after. and that's what gave the southern district of new york the jurisdiction to undertake this case. >> helps understand that agreement. you found victims than investigators in florida did. how encompassing is that? how is it going to affect what officials are able to do? >> well, my understanding, from talking to legal experts is that, the nonprosec...

It happened. i try to err on the side of caution. you know, in this day and age, a lot of people can make allegati allegations, especially in court when they're under protection of privilege. like i said, we can leave it to the public to judge whether these witnesses are credible, based on the conversation that we put out there. >> mike has a question, as well. >> when you interview former prosecutors or experts in the field and they look at that nonprosecutorial agreement, do they say this is unfathomable? the only explanation was this guy was rich and has political connections? or do they sa...

Movement, before the harvey weinstein story broke. but i think this story and my journalism benefitted from the #metoo movement because we're at a point in our culture, when we are looking at these cases or giving these case mrs. scrutiny, number one. number two, i believe this case has touched a lot more nerves than, perhaps, some of the others, is because these cases involved vulnerable girls. these were 13-year-old, 14-year-old, 15-year-old girls, who don't have the resources and therefore, that's one of the reasons that this case went away, was because they didn't have the power to fight h...