labor secretary alex acosta was the federal prosecutor leading the epstein case. fice broke the law when they gave epstein this non-prosecution agreement without ever telling epstein's victims. one of the things i had a hard time following in this steuer is the question of why acosta offered this plea deal to jeffrey epstein in the first place. he's defended it vaguely. he's called it a point of pride. he's never answered questions as far as i can tell why he kept this deal he did with epstein secret from epstein's victims. do you have any insight into that? do you think this is a knowable thing? >> well, he's given a lot of different reasons over the years. none of them which address the key points, the key things that have disturbed the victims, one of which was the confidential agreement that was designed -- you can see it in the e-mails that they -- that he and out prosecutors passed between epstein's lawyers. it's clear from those e-mails that this whole thing was designed to avoid the victims finding out about it and also to avoid public scrutiny because ther

see, alex acosta is still u.s. labor secretary, which makes it all the more amazing that we're going to be talking about his potential criminal liability tonight. but, no, this unexpected news that we got this afternoon from "the washington post" was about a former trump cabinet official. it was about ryan zinke. he is the trump cabinet official who you may remember assigned an interior department staffer to run up to the roof of the department headquarters and put his personal ryan zinke is here flag up the flagpole every time secretary zinke entered the building. he had a special flag that meant ryan zinke is in the house, and it was a person's job to run and put that flag up whenever ryan zinke walked through the door. yeah. by the time ryan zinke announced his resignation as interior secretary on december 15th, he was not only famous for that, he was famous for having found his way into no less than 15 ethics investigations covering the tenure of his less than two years in office. although ryan zinke has charac

take a break, i want to give you update, we exposed the shocking plea deal that labor secretary alex acosta offered billionaire hedge fund manager and serial pedophile jeffrey, this week the justice department inspector general urged donning remove legal provision to actually prevent the department from investigating its own lawyers in this case alex acosta, attorney in charge of case. the house unanimously passed a bill that would fix the problem and must now be taken up by the senate. so i hope you'll join me in calling for senators in both parties to pass this bill so the inspector general can investigate acosta's

he also talked about his current labor secretary, alex acosta, who has been under new scrutiny for hisndling when a u.s. attorney years ago, the case of jeffrey epstein, a billionaire in florida, who was part of the a plea deal arrangement for sex with underage girls, a lot of controversy about that and was the law broken in creating that plea arrangement that epstein signed and did serve some time, bringing scrutiny to alex acosta, who is now the labor secretary. so the president has had people who are in his orbit politically and personally who are under some intense pressure themselves when it comes to the dramatically different circumstances of alex acosta and bob kraft. but the president weighing in on all of that today. chris? >> i think when you realize he called him a fantastic labor secretary, anybody who thought maybe there was a chance that there was going to be something under way within the white house for there to be potential consequences in terms of him keeping his job, that would lead you to believe the answer is no. >> no sign of that at this point. we have seen at ti

plus another trump cabinet member in hot water, why a decade old plea deal could be trouble for alex acosta. >> i believe the election should be called. >> a remarkable about facing, a congressional candidate who thought he won is calling for a new election. why. and will he even run. such a saga. good morning, welcome to "early start." >> great to be with you. thankful that you are watching. it is friday, february 22, 4:00 a.m. on the east coast and we start with sm start with jussie smollett. he is accused of staging a supposed hate crime against himself. after posting a $100,000 bond, sm smollett's first order of business was a meeting with the cast and crew of "empire." everyone expected him to come clean, bare his soul and ask for forgiveness. >> the source says that he did apologize for any embarrassment he caused them and then to shock of some people, smollett proclaimed his innocence blaming the legal system and the media. but chicago police painting a very unflattering picture. >> jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. i'm left hanging

of justice, it's office of professional responsibility has opened an investigation into whether alex acostaitted professional misconduct, and acosta has told cnn that he will cooperate with that investigation. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >>> we have so much more in the newsroom. and it all starts right now. >>> hello again. thanks for joining us. i'm dana bash in for fredricka whitfield. and we begin this hour following the breaking news, r&b singer r. kelly is in court before a judge, who will decide if he can post bail, or if he must stay in jail until his trial. now kelly has been charged with multiple counts of sex abuse involving young girls. the accusations span from 1998 to 2010. kelly turned himself in, in last night, hours after chicago police issued an arrest warrant. the 52-year-old is accused of committing sexual acts on people under the age of 17, four of the victims, four victims total, three of them are minors. if convicted, he faces up to 70 years in prison. i want to get straight to cnn's sara sidner who is in chicago, covering this, you were just inside the courtro

plus another trump cabinet member in hot water, why a decade old plea deal could be trouble for alex acosta. >> i believe the new election should be called. >> a remarkable about face, a congressional candidate who thought he won is calling for a new election. and why he is considering potentially not running. good morning, i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm christine romans. it is friday. dave already needs r and r. >> i hope it is warmer when he takes time off. >> i know. thanks so much for being here this week. jussie smollett is apologizing but not for the crime he is charged with. cameras swarmed him as he exited court accused of staging a supposed hate crime against himself after posting bond. his first order of business was a meeting with the "empire" cast and crew. a person who attended tells cnn everyone there expected smollett to come clean, bare his soul, ask for forgiveness. >> the source says he did apologize for any embarrassment he caused them, but then to the shock and dismay of some people there, smollett defiantly proclaimed his innocence and blamed the legal system and media.

justice, its office of professional responsibility is has opened an investigation into whether alex acostact. and acosta did tell cnn he would cooperate with that investigation. kate? >> jessica, thanks so much. and thank you all so much for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. tonight, a major milestone in the mueller investigation. we're waiting tonight for the mueller team to submit their sentencing memorandum in the paul manafort case. now, the deadline is midnight. the memo is likely the last major filing in the prosecution of paul manafort. as we have seen in other sentencing memoranda, it may also contain new information in the russia investigation, and serve as another sign post toward the overall investigation is headed. >> there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. there was no anything. so that's the nice part. there was no phone calls, no nothing. we have a -- i won the race. you know why i won the

alex acosta met up with a a lawyer for epstein and assured his legal team that prosecutors would notny of the identified individuals, potential witnesses or potential civil claimants as the two sides hammered out an agreement that met epstein avoided trial and federal charges and only served 13 months in a county jail after pleading guilty to two state prostitution charges. a judge ruled that pledge not to inform any of epstein's accusers was illegal, violating vie inin rights. >> they were elated someone of authority conceded they had violated the law and that they had treated these girls unfairly. >> reporter: julie brown exposed the agreement in a november story for the miami herald. she's interviewed several victim who is detail their abuse. >> everything down to how to be quiet, give jeffrey what he wants. before you know it, i'm being lent out to politicians and to academics. >> reporter: now the real criticism is centering around alex as to ta, who insisted in february he wasn't alone in approving this deal. >> the department of justice leadership at the time reviewed that ple

[applause] where please to be joined today by secretary steven mnuchin, wilbur ross, alex acosta, ben carson, as all --ambassador bob lighthizer, as well as ambassador bob lighthizer. how are you doing, bob? how are you doing, china bob? it is going well. and treasurer jovita, thank you all for being here. and, ivanka trump, and kellyanne, and a lot of great people. of theng the resignation former president of the world , ik, dr. jim young kim launched a broad search for a replacement. i knew that david was the right person to take this incredibly important job. in addition to his current andice, overseeing the imf actually overseeing the world bank as undersecretary of international affairs at the department of treasury, david brings 40 years of experience in economics, finance, government and finance policy to his name assignment. after receiving a degree in international economics from davidtown university, served as deputy assistant secretary of the treasury under president ronald reagan and deputy assistant secretary of state under president george h w bush. asdistinguished himse

how this relates to the trump white house, the lead florida prosecutor in that case was alex acosta, the current labor secretary. just a little while ago, i asked the press secretary sarah sanders about acosta's job status and why he should be kept in his post. watch this exchange right here. yesterday, a federal judge rebuked the current labor secretary, alex acosta, for his handling of a case involving alleged sexual crimes against then young girls. what is the white house's response and i guess the question that a lot of people have is why should alex acosta be trusted to have a job at this level? >> my understanding is that it's a very complicated case, something we are certainly looking into, but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time, but again, that's something we're looking into. we'll keep you posted. reporter: the president still has confidence in the labor secretary? >> again, we're looking into the matter. i'm not aware of any changes. reporter: bottom line, i think the white house for the moment is standing behind the curren

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. >>> there are growing calls for alex acosta to resign after a federal judge found he broke the lawted scrutiny after investigative reporting by the folks at "miami herald." president trump was asked for his take on the situation. >> mr. president, do you have concerns about the labor secretary?si >> he's done a great job as labor secretary and that seems like a long time ago but he's been a fantastic labor on secretary. that's all i can tell you about. it and that's all i know about l it. >> seems like a long time ago, all the child sex abuse. thanks to "the "miami herald"" this is what we knows happened in 2007. alex acosta friends with donald trump and bill clinton and dozens of under age girls say sexual assaulted them. as part of the plea, any potential co-conspirators received immunity. i the victims were never told the case was closed. and epstein only served 13 months in jail after being accused of serial sexual assault of more than 30 girls, some as young as 13. now the herold reports thursday a federal judge ruled that arrangement which acosta over saw block the law. prose

obviously, alex acosta is no longer an employee of the justice department.ty to force him to answer questions is very limited. he can always say no, but he says he welcomes this investigation. and acosta has said over the years that the nature of epstein's offenses became more clear after the conviction in state court. that's partly been his explanation for how the case was handled, and he also said the decision to proceed this way with just state charges, not federal charges, was reviewed by the justice department officials not only in florida but also here in washington. >> what do we -- does the plea deal say, pete? is this it? is it done? all of these accusations, does he essentially -- did they all roll into one and he can never be prosecuted for those? >> i think that's right. the statute of limitations problem is -- enters into the picture. he faces a civil lawsuit. he's paid some restitution in those cases and there's a separate lawsuit against the justice department saying that when this deal was reached, the government failed to do what it's suppos

take a break, i want to give you update, we exposed the shocking plea deal that labor secretary alex acosta offered billionaire hedge fund manager and serial pedophile jeffrey, this week the justice department inspector general urged donning remove legal provision to actually prevent the department from investigating its own lawyers in this case alex acosta, attorney in charge of case. the house unanimously passed a bill that would fix the problem and must now be taken up by the senate. so i hope you'll join me in calling for senators in both parties to pass this bill so the inspector general can investigate acosta's disgracefully for pedophile monster. coming up on the racism with democrats as virginia governor ralph northam still refusing at fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate helps you. with drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel sites - even our competitors - so you can be confident you're getting the ri

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one of the attorneys being investigated is alex acosta who now serves as president trump's secretary as the u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida when prosecutors investigated allegations that jeffrey epstein abused dozens of teenage girls in the 2000s. he pled guilty to state charges involving a single victim in 2008 and served 13 months in jail but was allowed to leave almost every single day through a work release program. according to a civil lawsuit filed by the other women who claim to be his victims one condition of the deal was that a much larger federal investigation into epstein and anyone who helped him would be dropped. the doj notified senator ben sasse that its office opened an investigation into allegations that department attorneys may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the epstein criminal matter was resolved. you any the letter doesn't mention acosta by name. a spokesman said he welcomes the review. >>> president trump has frequently criticized and contradicted his intelligence officials and now new reporting reveals that he do

alex acosta is still serving as of tonight.ite house had no response to that federal judge's ruling today. also today, in that botched election in north carolina that resulted in there being no member of congress seated from that district, we now know how

i mean, that's one thing that alex acosta -- no one has really answered. levels of the justice department. if that's true, why did they keep is secret? >> and what would be alex a acosta's incentive to do this? what was in it for him? why would he behave this way as a u.s. attorney? >> el with, think about it, he is the labor secretary. he's a cabinet woke only sansed after this happened. despite there were stories about this over the years, but they still managed to advance in their career. how does someone you know, it always struck me, i would sit on the set, i'm not from manhattan, not a creature of manhattan obviously but i would sit on the set and talk about this yef -- and i always ask the same thing, why is there no justice here? so again, for people that aren't from manhattan that, don't know who this guy is, talk about the rich and powerful people that were always swirling around him. >> i mentioned last week on the show an experience i had with him where he tried to kind of suck me into that world and in 30 seconds i could see there was somethin

in two great flavors. >>> 20 house dremocrats are demanding trump fire alex acosta. velopment comes after a judge ruled acosta broke the law by arranging a pretty sweetheart deal with jeffrey epstein, who was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underaged girls. jessica, what are the democrats saying? >> brooke, so these house democrats, they're really reiterating these big questions about the plea deal acosta arranged for epstein. that's when he was u.s. attorney in miami and now these 20 democrats are saying the president needs to demand acosta's resignation from his labor secretary position and the president needs to do it soon so they sent this two page letter to the president where they accused acosta of suck coming to the pressure of his powerful defense team in 2008 when acosta and other prosecutors in miami essentially let epstein off the hook. they gave him 13 months in the county jail which allowed him to avoid trial and even shut down the fbi investigation into those allegations that epstein sexually abuse d more than 30 undergauge girled. so last week, a

leventhal has details. >> one seen as a rising star in the trump administration, labor secretary alex acosta is on the defensive after a federal judge ruled prosecutors under his control broke the law back in 2008 when acosta was u.s. attorney in miami. the case in question involves will be financier jeffrey epstein, who faced up to life is he sexually molested dozens of underage girls at his palm beach mansion after they were hired to give him massages. epstein never went to trial. his lawyers reached with the "miami herald" called the deal of a lot of time with the cost is prosecutors. a judge found they failed to discuss the arrangement with more than 30 young victims. the resident was asked about acosta in the oval office this afternoon. >> i really don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as labor secretary, and that seems like a long time ago. >> epstein's deal allowed him to plead guilty to just two state prostitution charges and registered sex offender status. he had to pay restitution to some of the victims, who were kept out of the loop during negotiations. florid

alex acosta is still serving as of tonight. so far the white house had no response to that federal judge's ruling today. also today, in that botched election in north carolina that resulted in there being no member of congress seated from that district, we now know how we are going to get somebody seated from the district. the state elections board unanimously ordered that a new election must be run from scratch. also today, lawyers for the president's long-time advisor roger stone put mr. stone on the stand to explain why he put a picture online this week targeting the federal judge who is overseeing his case. that judge did not jail roger stone today, which she might have done. she did issue a strict gag order and she warned that if stone breaks the gag order by speaking pub l publicly about his case in any way, he will go to jail ahead of his trial. the judge told him today specifically, quote, i will find it necessary to adjust your environme environment. so been a very busy, busy news day and of course, the weather system

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adventurous forester ever. >>> so the white house said today that it's looking into labor secretary alex acosta'sin securing a lenient sentence for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein but the white house only said it would look into it after they defended acosta. sarah sanders saying she believed prosecutors, quote, made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at the time. funny thing to know before you looked into something. that best possible way was described by nbc news, quote -- he steep, 66, reached a negotiation involving dozens of teenage girls in return for him pleading guilty to state charges involving him and a single victim, paying financial settlements to other victims and registering as a sex offender. just yesterday a federal judge ruled acosta and the other federal prosecutors on the case broke the law by not telling victims about that plea deal. broke the law by not telling victims about that plea deal. adding to the administration's troubles, nebraska senator ben staff wants answers. he's requested for information about the deal from the justice department.

[applause] we are also pleased to be joined today by secretary steven mnuchin, wilbur ross, alex acostaben carson, as well as ambassador bob lighthizer, who is right now negotiating with china -- how are you doing, where is bob? give them some breaking news. going well. mcmahon, and linda jovita carranza. thank you for being here. and if ivanka trump, in case anybody missed, and yeley and, and a lot of great people. following the resignation of former president of the world bank dr. jim young kim, i launched a broad search for a replacement after interviewing many very qualified candidates. i knew that david was the right person to take this incredibly important job. in addition to his current service overseeing the imf and actually overseeing the world , as undersecretary of international affairs at the department of the treasury, david brings 40 years of experience in economics, finance, government, and foreign policy to his new assignment. receiving a degree in international economics from georgetown university's prestigious school of foreign service, david served as deputy assistant

reporter: white house for the moment standing by labor secretary alex acosta. so too is the labor department. this involves immense amount of criticism acosta come over the last day or so as federal judge recently ruled prosecutors who investigated or negotiated the jeffrey epstein plea deal broke federal law or at least the law in this case. acosta was a u.s. attorney involved in the deal which led to the billionaire epstein only spending 13 months in jail, despite being accused by dozens of teenage girls of sex abuse. criticisms have renewed that the florida judge, the prosecutors, including acosta at the time, kept the alleged victims in the dark while moving ahead with that plea deal. now earlier this morning i asked white house press secretary sarah sanders for her reaction and why acosta should be trusted to hold a position of his power? this was her response right here. watch. >> my understanding is of the very complicated case, something we're certainly look into. but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time

alex acosta also mislead the victims into believing he could still be prosecuted.his job as labor secretary seems safe because his boss, donald trump, seems surprisingly indifferent to the horror. >> do you have any concerns about the epstein case? >> it seems like a long time ago, he has been a fantastic labor secretary, that's all i can tell you, that's all i know. >> it is worth noting that donald trump was a pal of jeffrey e perpstein for many ye. they have not responded to a request for comment. acosta followed doj procedures in making the plea deal, but they're investigating whether or not he committed professional misconduct. cynthia, i cannot fathom this could have been followed policy. this kind of a sweet heart deal. >> it's not following policy. that's what the court found. this is a near and dear. the prosecutors in this case had the responsibility to protect these girls, they treated them li like dirt. they lied to them, they said have patience, and behind their back they were doing a sweet heart deal with these defense attorne attorneys, everybody kne

look at these billionaires and go back to the beginning of your reporting around labor secretary alex acosta. his job was to protect victims. instead he chose to protect the billionaire pedophile. billionaires involved in sexual abuse have to have some accountability. >> we have to leave it there. thanks so much. the president says it is more than likely a deal will happen in trade negotiations with china two days before traveling to vietnam for a second summit with rashida tlaib. what does the president have planned? >> reporter: the first wave of administration officials had westwards vietnam but they go having left expectations slightly but not much above calling it just a photo op. here is mike pompeo. >> the good news is they haven't conducted missile tests in over a year. that is better than when the trump administration came into office but the administration said this is a long and difficult task. >> reporter: donald trump struck a more optimistic tone and said everything was on the table. he appeared paul is that of about foreign-policy calling the trade deal very likely ahead of a

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reporter: once seen as a rising star in the trump administration, labor secretary, alex acosta, on the under his control broke the law back in 2008 when acosta was in miami. the case in question regards jeffrey epstein who faced up to life in prison over allegations he sexually molested dozens of underage girls at his palm beach mansion after they were hired to give him massages. epstein never went to trial. his lawyers reached with the miami herald called the deal of a lifetime with prosecutors. who judge found failed to discuss the arrangement with more than 30 young victims. the present was asked about acosta in the oval office. >> i really don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as secretary and it seems like a long time ago. >> the deal allowed him to plead guilty to just two state prostitution charges for an 18 month sentence and registered sex offender status. he also had to pay restitution to some of the victims who were kept out of the loop during negotiations. florida federal court judge, kenneth morrow wrote thursday, particularly problematic was the gover

shannon: a federal judge in florida ruled alex acosta violated federal law in 2007 with financier andx offender jeffrey epstein. they failed to inform dozens of his victims. jussie smollett makes they'll it is released and the superintendent expresses his fury over wasted resources. >> i just wish the families of gun violence in the city got this much attention. shannon: a member of a conservative organization punched in the face at uc berkeley. the attack has not gotten a lot of attention. our panel is here to weigh in. coming uh-oh! guess what day it is? guess what day it is! huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what today is? it's hump day. whoot whoot! ronny, how happy are folks who save hundred of dollars switching to geico? i'd say happier than a camel on wednesday. hump day!!! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print disco

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and one of the president's cabinet memberses, alex acosta, served as federal prosecutor in charge when got a sweetheart of a deal. the department of justice found to have broken the law in the case of jeffrey epstein who was accused of being a serial abuser of teenage girls. they include ued some of the most vulnerable. a foster child who he promised new shoes for school or a run away, lureded to be a part time masseu masseuse. girls he paid to bring him nor girls according to the herald. his punishment, a plea deal which meant he only got 13 months in prison on lesser charges during which he could leave for work and no federal trial. just think about that. a federal investigation identified at least 36 underageded victims. 36. enough. as roxane jones wrote, this is systemic exploitation of yoing girls and women who are often poor, vulnerable, ignored and silenced. and i will say in the past two years, our collective conscious has been awakened to this as a result of allegations against hollywood's biggest names. or nfl owners or grammy award winning musicians. r. kelly and robert kraf

kenneth starr was a mentor for alex acosta. lly, had to do with being in this circle of republican lawyers. >> one of the guys, so to speak. >> yeah. >> acosta had been said to be on the short list for attorney general. now, of course, democrats are demanding he be fired from his current job and not promoted. here's what the president had to say about all these swirling allegations and questions just a couple days ago. >> mr. president, do you have any concerns about the labor secretary and the jeffrey epstein case? >> i really don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as labor secretary. that seems like a long time ago. he's been a fantastic labor secretary. that's all i can tell you about it. that's all i know about it. >> how do you see this playing out for acosta going forward? >> it's hard to say. i mean, there's been a lot of scandal involving cabinet members in the trump administration. some of them are still there. some of them have left. it's hard to say exactly how it will play out. it does sound like

the justice department will start an investigation into a plea deal that alex acosta, the labor secretary, signed off on that allowed a sex offender to get off with an extremely light sentence. that's not even to mention the policy scandals, one of which we're hearing about today, the child separation policy. so it's hard to even imagine how democrats could overreach, how they could go down a rabbit hole chafi chasing a scandal that doesn't exist, when there are so many real ones staring them in the face. >> let's talk about this tax investigation at house ways and means. to paul charlton, the president is the only modern day president who has not released his tax returns. he says he can't while they're under audit, but anyone in his income bracket is under audit perpetually. he did not divest. he still is technically in charge of his company, the family is in charge of the company running it for him, and they had a lot of foreign investment. the tax and banking issues are profound. now house ways and means are going to investigate. you can understand why he's a little bit upset about cro

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should in the same way look at the billionaires and go back to the beginning of labor secretary alex acosta. his job was to protect victims but instead he chose to protect a billionaire, billionaires involved in sexual abuse, they also have to have some accountability here. >> mike: we have to leave it there, britt, congresswoman, jimbo, thank you so much. >> mike: went the president said more than likely a deal will happen with trade deals with china days before traveling to vietnam for a second summit with kim jong un. and when the bailor says with the president as planned. >> tonight and over the weekend, administration officials headed west towards vietnam. but they go having left expectation slightly, but not much, calling it just a photo up. here secretary of state mike pompeo. >> the good news is they haven't conducted missile test or nuclear test in over a year so that is better than the place we found when trump administration came into office but the president said yesterday in the administration said repeatedly, this is a long and difficult task. >> during the meeting vice premie

a federal judge in miami has ruled that a team of federal prosecutors led by alex acosta who is now laborretary in president trump's cabinet broke the law by concealing a plea agreement for more than 30 underaged victims sexually abused by billionaire hedge fund manager jeffrey epstein. acosta who was the u.s. attorney for southern florida declined to prosecute epstein under federal sex trafficking laws allowing him to quietly plead guilty in state court to two prostitution charges and serve 13 months in county jail. thursday's ruling said acosta's team violated the crime victims rights act by concealing their actions from the victims who were mostly between the ages of 13 and 16 at the time stripping them of their right to object and misleading the girls into thinking federal prosecution was still a possibility and by sending letters to the victims requesting their quote, patience with the investigation, even after the government entered into the non-prosecution agreement. unbelievable. the deal received renewed attention after a series of investigative articles by the miami herald's jul

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a federal judge in florida has ruled prosecutors including current labor secretary alex acosta violateden they reached a plea agreement in 2007 with financier and sex offender jeffrey epstein. the judge also said that they failed to inform his dozens of victims. nebraska republican senator ben sasse who pushed for the investigation calls him a monster and says that the fact that it took so long to get to court ruling is "infuriating." up next, what do democrats want in 2020 besides defeating president trump? we will ask some of them on the trail. ♪ and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? ♪ wake up sweetie. ♪ doctor dave. ♪ here's your order. applebee's to go. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. (danny) (client's voice) ...that you're not using smarter tools to manage your business. you work too hard to work this hard! collecting receipts? is it the 80s? does anybody have a mixtape i can borrow? you should be chasing people's pets... ...not chasing payments! quickbooks gives you a sweet set of business tools... ...that do all the hard wor

willing to shut down the government to help stop trafficking, but no problem with his labor secretary alex acostaffrey epstein case. yeah, that guy. google him too. all the young women who were allegedly abused. it was a complex trafficking case, but now a judge says acosta broke the law by concealing a plea deal from the underage victims. here's what the president said about that. >> i really don't know too much about it. i know he's done a great job as labor secretary, and that seems like a long time ago. >> check me on this. has the president ever admitted to knowing anything that's not good for him? what women payments? what contacts? what meeting? who's steve king? epstein who? oh, that was a long time ago. it was 2008. but it seems like a moment ago to all those alleged victims who believe they were denied justice. not a word for them from this president. and still he's selling you that he cares about trafficking. he cares so much that he has acosta as labor secretary, whose job includes overseeing the country's labor laws including, you guessed it, human trafficking. the wall is not about