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>> i believe the reporter mentioned that that interest percolate amongst editor and others because secretary was the prosecutor. very important. >> secretary of labor who was the u.s. attorney in miami, presided deal, epstein went to jail for 13 months, part time because he could leave every day and go to work. let me play some sound here. first alex acosta struggling save his job and holding news conference at president trump's direction and resignation, roll it. >> simply put the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free without work of prosecutors, epstein would ...

>> prosecutors were willing to let mhim walk away with no jail time. we found this unacceptable and they became involved. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with that state charge. >> it seemed the labor secretary would not step down, and on friday, there was this surprise announcement. >> i do not think it is right and fair for this administration's labor department to have epstein as a focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. and so i called the president this morning. i told him i thought the right thing was to step aside. cabinet positio...

Jeffrey epstein more than a decade ago while he served as u.s. attorney in florida. those agreements allowed epstein to avoid federal sex crimes charges in exchange for an 18-month jail sentence and registering as a sex offender. ultimately, he served 13 months of that sentence. and during it he was allowed to go to his office for 12 hours a day, six days a week. earlier this week, following new charges against epstein and new questions about that deal, acosta defended it saying it was either that or, quote, rolling the dice in a courtroom with no guarantee epstein would face any consequences....

When you read the details, and you don't need to be a parent. being a parent, it makes it even worse. but any sane, sentient being reading these details is completely horrified. but sean, the other thing about this case, it's really bothersome. geraldo is right, there has been some decent journalism on it, but some of it is displaced. this criticism of acosta, trump's cabinet secretary, alexander acosta. was the case prosecuted well? no, i think we can all agree on that. was a sentence lenient? people don't understand, the federal system acosta was working in as a united states attorney for so...

Any human trafficking. the irony of that cannot be overstated. that is part of his mandate, and he's the boss who signed off a decade ago on this sweetheart plea deal for jeffrey epstein. stay with us, sarah. let me bring you back in, because i want to go back to you on the judgment and vetting of the white house in a number of picks including this pick because we knew a lot of this before his confirmation hearing. can you explain to people the highlights acosta gave to epstein? >> everyone's been calling it a sweetheart deal and because acosta's office at that time drafted a federal indictmen...