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Criticized for his role in brokering a plea deal for jeffrey epstein in 2008. epstein now faces new charges in connection with running an alleged sex trafficking ring in which he allegedly sexually abused dozens of underage girls. those accusations are very similar to the ones he faced when acosta was involved in this case a decade ago. joining us now with the political and every other kind of implication, we have jess mcintosh, former director of outreach for hillary clinton, margaret senior white house correspondent, and john avlon, cnn political analyst. while everybody was speaking, let s bring everybody up to speed, secretary acosta must step down as u.s. attorney he engaged in an unconscionable agreement with jeffrey epstein, kept secret from courageous young victims, preventing them from seeking justice. this was known by president trump when he appointed him to ....
A high priced financier, who gets a work release from prison deal who people caught with a dime bag of weed wouldn t get. we re waiting to hear from secretary acosta this morning. we re wait to go hear if the white house responds. one of the issues that jeffrey epstein in this case has just tentacles everywhere. let me show you the washington post reporting on what makes the white house nervous about this this morning. officials at the white house are encouraged democrats will encourage women to testify before congress, drawing attention to acosta s work on the plea deal according to current and former administration officials. how much runway do you think acosta has at this point here, margaret, as the secretary of labor. well, i do think the next couple of days are probably going to be somewhat decisive, but it should be noted, a couple of things, number one that the, not just the trump administration, but the obama administration and the bush administration were aware of this ....
From people with money, and elizabeth warren has gained. to a large extent, they re sharing the same lane, and she had, you know, not the world s greatest launch but in the second quarter, we saw her stock pick up, and you know, among that part of the democratic voting base, and with that, the fundraising, and the ability to compete to get close to joe biden s numbers without the private fundraisers, really does show the contours of the that sort of a contest lining up. it makes it difficult not just for sanders but shows for harris some of the charges, i think, in continuing to move forward. makes the debate in less than three weeks. right here on cnn. jess, margaret, thank you. the gulf states facing their first tropical threat of the season. chad myers has our forecast next. prestige creams not living up to the hype? one jar shatters the competition. olay regenerist hydrates skin better than creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. fact check this ad in good housekee ....