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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. >> so secretary acosta pointing the finger at the palm beach county state attorney. barry christian responded last night. he said he can emphatically state that secretary acosta is completely wrong. in a statement he said federal prosecutors do not ...

No registration as a offender, and no restitution to the victims. further, the state attorney's office allowed epstein to self surrender and arraigned him the following morning. simply put, 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. her prosecutors, as of 2008 article recounts, presented an ultimatum, plead guilty to more serious charges, charges that required jail time, registratio registration, and restitution, ...

Epstein walk free before his office intervened. >> the palm beach state attorney's office was ready to let epstein walk free. the prosecutors, 2008 article of accounts present the ultimatum. plead guilty to more serious charges, charges that required jail time, registration, and restitution, or reroll the dice and bring federal indictments. without the work of our prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. >> dana: part of the controversial plea deal allowed epstein from potentially serving the rest of his life in jail and served 13 months in jail. costa saying it...

Good evening once again from our nbc head quarters in new york. day 901 of the trump administration and the prosecution of a high profile lurid sex crimes case has the president in a tough spot over an old friend. this is the case of jeffrey epstein, arrested saturday night when his private plane arrived in the u.s. from paris. his home was raided concurrently. epstein has been charged with sex trafficking involving young women and underage girls. over a decade ago epstein was under federal investigation in florida for alleged crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors. then u.s. attorney ...

>> secretary, one more question. >> sure. >> yes, doug crihristian from tk media news. you said the victims were not prostitutes, but the agreement was he was jailed for prostitution charges, not for sex trafficking. can you just say what the distinction was? >> the agreement was this was a state. here's why this is hard. this was a state case. he was arraigned. a state grand jury returned a prostitution charge against him, a solicitation charge if i recall, that was a state grand jury. he was allowed to self-surrender by the state attorneys office as a result of that single charge that would ...