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Prosecutors epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. many question the terms of that ultimatum, what's called the nonprosecution agreement. a good prosecutor will tell you these cases are complex. especially when they involve children. even more so in 2006, i shared with those in this room today and will make it publicly. an affidavit filed by the career prosecutor in a civil matter related to the epstein case. she talks about the challenges faced. she talks about the victims being scared and traumatized. refusing to testify, and how some victims exonerated epstein. most had...

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 alex acosta approved a deal allowing epstein to plead guilty to a lesser state charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. the problem is acosta is now this nation's labor secretary. and so these latest charges against epstei...

Prosecutors, epstein would have gotten away with just that state charge. now, many today question the terms of that ultimatum. what is called the nonprosecution agreement. good prosecutor will tell you that these cases are complex, especially when they involve children. and even more so in 2006. i've shared with those in this this room today and will make available publicly an affidavit followed by the career prosecutor in a civil matter related to the epstein case. she talks about the challenges faced. she talks about the victims being scared and traumatized. refusing to testify. and how some...

Under federal investigation in florida for alleged crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors. then u.s. attorney alex acosta approved a deal allowing epstein to plead guilty to a lesser state charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. the problem is acosta is now this nation's labor secretary. and so these latest charges against epstein have renewed outrage over the first agreement there, and sparked calls for acosta's resignation as labor secretary. today we heard from acosta for the first time since epstein's arrest over the weekend. and we read, quote, the crimes comm...

Serious state charge that requires jail time, that requires registration, and under this agreement you will have a mechanism for restitution. but the agreement itself, you know, ultimately the state of florida and the state attorney's office in florida is a separate sovereign. the u.s. attorney does not determine how those offices run themselves or what charges they bring. i do not consider the victims prostitutes. i think that is insulting to them. these were victims. they were not just women victims. they were children victims. >> mr. secretary, i'm deborah sanders with the las vegas review ...