Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181202:16:48:00
U.s. attorney here in miami, and it was under his watch, so to speak, that this case was handled. it was initially a case handled by the state prosecutor in palm beach county, who decided that he basically was going to let mr. epstein off with very, very light misdemeanor. he really did not want the police to pursue it, so the police chief went over his head, essentially, and asked the fbi to investigate. and that's when it fell into mr. acosta -- eventually fell under his purview. >> and your headline says this was a sweetheart deal of a lifetime to not be much more aggressively prosecuting e...
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