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And the main case he made today is that he had to do this non-prosecution deal with epstein because the state of florida was screwing it up. remember he was the federal prosecutor. he said state prosecutors had evidence on epstein, but they were not going to be able to get a proper conviction or sentence. acosta had to swoop in with this deal. a federal non-prosecution deal pleading guilty to one state charge and doing time in a county jail where he got let out on work release where his driver drove him home. today in response to secretary acosta's press conference, the top prosecutor responde...

No jail time. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house. tom winter is new york with us. msnbc legal analyst senior president for social justice. kelly, what do we know about acosta's performance in the west wing. >> speaking with officials here, the president asked how did it go. remember the president encouraged secretary acosta to do a public statement and answer questions to try to resolve this public crisis, public relations krids f crisis for the white house. i'm told the president saw p...

Offender. and no restitution to the victims. without the work of our prosecutors epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> would you make this same agreement today?i] >> we now have 12 years of e1e1 knowledge and hindsight, and we live in a very different world.( today's world treats victims very, very differently. some of the victiy0duááj$u$at could have taken place at trial 12 years ago. >> dozens of girls were allegedly molested. why didn't you just keep investigating? >> under the agreement in the ú 7th district of florida the investigation ceased and they +hád >> ...

In the meantime i know you have had conversations with very christian -- with the state has put together would've been -- let me play him saying it and give you a chance to respond. >> a grand jury convened by the state attorney the district of palm beach county recommended a single charge and that charge resulted in no jail time at all. no registration as a offender and no restitution to the victim. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> shannon: that is essentially what the police chief said in palm beach county as well. he didn't ...

>> facts are important and facts are being overlooked. this matter started as a state matter. it was prosecuted initially by the state of florida, not by the u.s. attorney's office. the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free, no jail time, nothing. prosecutors in my former office found this to be completely unacceptable and they became involved. our office became involved. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> yet the palm beach county state attorney at the time he can emphatically state that secretary...