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That sent him to county jail for just 13 months. he was even allowed to go to work six days a week. in a lengthy news conference, acosta insisted state prosecutors would have let epstein go free. >> we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. he needed to go to jail. >> reporter: but the former state prosecutor called acosta's version of events completely wrong. and sources tell us the news conference didn't go over well in the white house. less than 48 hours later, acosta resigns. >> it would be selfish for me to stay in this position and continue talking about a case that...

Crimes. this year a federal judge ruled that acosta and his office by failing to notify the victims about the plea agreement ahead of time broke the law. but acosta today was not only unrepentant, he portrayed himself as something of the hero in the epstein affair claiming the tate of florida would have let epstein go free he had and his team not come in wearing federal white hats and save the day. and ensuring that epstein at least went to jail for some time and was labelled a registered sex offender. pamela brown said that alexander acosta refused to meet with the victims. >> i absolutely we...