remember, the very first victim to tip off police to what jeffrey epstein was doing was 14, and some ogether that sweetheart plea deal, the nonprosecution deal with epstein for all federal crimes, then the deal -- he had 53 pages worth of indictments from 13-year-olds and 14-year-olds and 15-year-olds who all said epstein molested them when they were kids. but accoosta made this deal whe he only had to plead guilty involving one underaged victim. not one of the 14-year-olds. not one of the 13-year-olds. not one of the 15-year-olds. he plead guilty to a crime in which the girl was 16. which has some real tangible positive effects op jeffrey epstein's life thereafter. this is from the post again today. quote, the age of consent is 16 years old in more than half of the states in the u.s., meaning, quote, the decision to charge jeffrey with a crime involving an older teen has eased epstein's obligations to register as a sex offender. for instance, in new mexico, where epstein has a 7600 acre property, he's not required to register as a sex offender at all. because his victim was not under

quote, two mystery parties tried to restrict release of documents in jeffrey epstein's civil suit. ard right at the deadline is reportedly an epstein victim who wants to keep information about herself out of any release documents. the other is an unidentified man calling himself john doe, and those two mystery parties at the very last minute are trying to block the unsealing of these court records about the epstein case. in the case of the victim, it's easy to see why she might want her own self-defined privacy in this matter. for the john doe, though, who knows what his interests are here. the fight over keeping those records under seal or releasing them is coming to a head right now, and it's all happening in the context of another brand-new revelation on this case from the "miami herald." unbeknownst to everybody at the time, when jeffrey epstein cut that deal with alex acosta so he could plead guilty to just two state charges, the youngest victim involved in the crimes they let epstein plead to was 16 years old, which is horrifying in itself, but they let him plead to a case inv

here is the origin a woman named virginia claims she was recruited into the sex ring by jeffrey epstein'sd maxwell. in 2015 when maxwell publicly denied the allegation she was sued for defamation. on 2017 on the eve of the trial the case was settled and the documents sealed. the attorneys for maxwell want the documents to remain sealed to protect the privacy of those who gave depositions. the miami herald argues that keeping those documents sealed violates the first amendment and the right to access court records. harvard law professor alan dershowitz, who was accused of participating in the sex ring also wants those documents to go public. watch. >> they will categorically show that virginia roberts goofray intentionally deliberate britly intentionally in a very well planned way decided to frame me for something she knows i didn't do. >> here's the other thing back in 2008 jeffrey epstein was given a sweetheart of a plea deal that gave him and others who may have been linked to the underaged sex ring immunity from federal prosecution. that deal was brokered by former miami u.s. attorney

attorney working on that case gave jeffrey epstein something called a non-prosecution agreement thathan take him to court on the 53 pages of child sex crime charges, then u.s. attorney, now trump labor secretary alex acosta let him plead guilty to just two state prostitution charges. of the two crimes, only one involved an under age girl. last month, a federal judge ruled that alex acosta broke the law when he made that no non-prosecution deal with jeffrey epstein because acosta kept it hidden from dozens of victim who is had a right to know about the proceedings in that case. that not only looks bad for a sitting cabinet official, a judge ruled it is bad. this is a federal judge ruling that a sitting cabinet secretary broke the law at his last federal job. by the way, it had to do with a child sex offender. now it's gotten worse though. remember alex acosta agreed to let jeffrey epstein plead guilty to only one sex crime that involved an underage girl. the age of that girl in the crime has never been revealed in the court record, but in this new reporting from "the washington post"r

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. >> martha: the case of billionaire sex offender jeffrey epstein may be more than a decade old but itcused of sexually assaulting more than 30 under aged girls from 2001-2006, those charges could have sent him to prison for life but instead he got a 13 month sentence. at the time it was suggested that deal could be partially attributed to the fact that he was a valuable informant against two hedge funds at bear stearns at the height of the 2008 crisi crisis. now a fox business investigation says otherwise, charles gasparino is a fox senior business correspondent that helped investigate this case. what did you learn here? >> what is fascinating about this case, it has high-profile lawyers, alan dershowitz is involved, jeffrey epstein a billionaire, it had been years ago. it's interesting we are hearing about this, we are getting more dems coming forward and put the case possibly be reopened? he only served 13 months in jail. the u.s. attorney at the time might have screwed up in the way he handled the case, a judge has came out and said that. lo and behold there are new questions we ha

along with the jeffrey epstein story.ing of the jeffrey epstein story and all the powerful people he's known in the past including donald trump, the fact that prosecutors just swept that under the rug. federal prosecutors, deeply disturbing. >>> still ahead. president trump is vowing to have a health plan that is far better than obamacare. so far republicans have no plan at all. plus we'll be joined from two senators from opposite sides of the oil. michael benefit and bill cassidy will be our guests. "morning joe" is back in a moment. e our guests "morning joe" is back in a moment while i clean. - [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans, now cleans itself. what they eat and drink ise is likely acidic and then what's happening is the weakening of enamel. now is the perfect time for a toothpaste like the new pronamel repair. this toothpaste takes it to the next level. it takes minerals and it drives it deep into the tooth surface so that we can actively help repair weakened enamel. i do think dentists are going to wa

the controversy surrounding billionaire financier jeffrey epstein creating major headaches for laborretary alex acosta. joining us, charlie gasparino to explain what the heck is going on. >> you know who epstein was. wall street billionaire, one of the major players on wall street. ten years ago, he went to jail on a single -- for 13 months on a case of essentially child prostitution. the case has been brewing like why this happened, why he got such an easy sentence now for the last ten years. it may be reopened now. the pressure is coming under labor secretary alex acosta because he cut the deal with him. he was the u.s. attorney for miami. here's what we know right now. as this thing develops and it's developing fast, i will tell you, a federal judge came out recently and admonished the labor secretary's actions in that case -- ashley: didn't the judge have to sign off in the first place? >> the doj did but they cited him as problematic, the way he handled the case. what we know now is that his involvement is drawing a lot of scrutiny and what we hear, this is how it's been describ

kelly and billionaire hedge fund or jeffrey epstein this week while r. kelly has been getting angry and jumping out of chairs during prime time news interviews to profess his innocence after chicago police finally saw one too many sex tapes and lifetime documentary series as featuring the singer's predation of underage girls there's strangely been barely a whisper out of u.s. law enforcement or even a brief interview on mainstream media for mr epstein even after a federal judge recently ruled that federal prosecutors under former miami u.s. attorney alex acosta broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement for more than thirty underage victims who had been sexually abused by the wealthy new york hedge fund manager. two very powerful men in their respective fields both the quds devote most heinous of crimes but while kelly is finally being forced to face the consequences of his actions under the harsh glare of the media spotlight mr geoffrey upstream has stayed hidden in the shadows and it would appear that both the media and police are fine with tha

kelly and billionaire hedge fund or jeffrey epstein this week while r. kelly has been getting angry and jumping out of chairs during prime time news interviews to profess his innocence after chicago police finally saw one too many sex tapes and lifetime documentary series as featuring the singer's predation of underage girls there's strangely been barely a whisper out of u.s. law enforcement or even a brief interview on mainstream media for mr epstein even after a federal judge recently ruled that federal prosecutors under former miami u.s. attorney alex acosta broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement for more than thirty underage victims who had been sexually abused by the wealthy new york hedge fund manager. two very powerful men in their respective fields both the quds do the most heinous of crimes but while kelly is finally being forced to face the consequences of his actions under the harsh glare of the media spotlight mr geoffrey upstream has stayed hidden in the shadows and it would appear that both the media and police are fine with tha

his legal team includes jack goldberger, who defended jeffrey epstein, who was accused of trafficking underage girls. this may be the most expensive handy in american history. and while that is happening, there is another new scandal on the president's plate. last week we learned that trump ordered john kelly to give top-level security clearance to his son-in-law, jared kushner, even though intelligence officials were against it. he also ordered john kelly to give security clearance to ivanka. and when kelly refused, trump issued the security clearances himself. this is turning into the longest take your daughter to work day ever. his father is a criminal who tampered with witnesses, that's same reason they didn't want to give ivanka clearance, too. without security clearance how will ivanka be expected to do whatever the hell it is she does all day, but can you imagine being john kelly in this situation? be bei being asked to grant the president's daughter and son-in-law top-level security clearance? with all due respect, mr. president, we didn't want to give that clearance to you. t

you have jeffrey epstein and the small ball situation. >> juan: don't forget donald trump. >> jesse:kay, juan. we will get to you in a minute. [laughter] justin bieber, paris hilton, dui, they can get off. the worst part is that they spit in the eye of the chicago police and they did it in plain sight. they wasted 1,000 hours on this, reviewing video surveillance, 24 detectives were reassigned. and now they're just going to say goodbye? it's sad and it's disgusting and now these things are going to happen more because there's no punishment. >> greg: this is a story about class. it started out about race and sexuality but it is about class and there is a separate class. it's like if you're a celebrity, you get some serious perks. >> jedediah: people were hash taking green privilege. it's all about money and power. the connection with the obamas. this guy is audacious. he is saying i am innocent. how are you saying that you are innocent when the prosecutors thing the you're not innocent. the prosecutor said the fact that smollett feels we have exonerated him, we have not. he and then y

people like jeffrey epstein got a massive tax cut? and yet working class americans didn't get that massive tax cut. they're going to be a lot more interested about what donald trump said after they passed the largest tax cut in american history for the richest multinational corporations of the richest people. when donald trump bragged to his friends at mar-a-lago, i just made a lot of you a lot of money today. those are the bread and butter issues. how do people pay for school? how do they pay for health care? are there two americans when we're talking about criminal justice? what's our standing across the globe? are we going to be able to continue to count on our allies when our allies can't count on us? those are the issues that matter most. and maybe, just maybe, this exoneration will refocus democrats on the campaign trail to start talking primarily about those issues. and i know they are talking a lot about those issues. but you and i also know that a lot of people have been secretly hoping that robert mueller was going to run do

. >> we're not going to hear from alex acosta about the jeffrey epstein plea.oing to happen on many different avenues. not only in the courtroom. but also in every single committee in the house. and this just is -- it's a death by a thousand -- >> is it really changed? since the midterms, so much has happened on capitol hill. they are shedding light on so many things that were ignored or perhaps not cared about. talk about that. >> i think you're right. the public, for one, finds all these inveinvestigations very credible. we had the first to time to get a transparent look at all of these shady business dealings and how they're all tying together. and, you know, i think what cohen's testimony has done is there's been a domino effect. it's allowed the house judiciary, ways and means to move forward. obtain the president's tax return. petition for subpoena the white house security clearance pr sesz. it helps when documents are provided and cohen provides leads and bread crumbs for others to follow. >> there's to defense coming from the trump administration. we ha

jeffrey epstein, just people acting with total impunity. at this point do the rich just understand they are above the law? >> well, i think we're seeing a real force in the country to do better in our criminal justice system. fortunately the case will be reopened. it's going to a united states for he reevaluate. there's a lot of screaming by business fancy lars are lawyers, and it's not working. thanks goods in "the miami herald" has gotten that story out. >> and to "mother jones." you guys released the 47% tape. even when it comes to alleged sexual exploits, the rich just do what they want. >> i think that's in the manafort sentencing. there's another set of crimes he's guilty of, but a judge who has taken a lot harder view on his crimes throughout the trial. we'll see what happens there. if you want people to cooperate after they're caught or even after they plead guilty, michael cohen did so. he's gotten three years, and he's still going to jail after all the cooperating he's done, and he only stole a measly million or whatevered, manafo

and, you know, jeffrey epstein will be very happy about the huge tax cuts that donald trump's given himxcited, and in fact, it was trump who said to all those guys, i don't know if epstein was there, but said i made you guys a lot of money with my tax cuts. so here we go again, every republican is going to have to defend the fact that donald trump and the republicans slashed medicare and medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich. >> i thought it was an extraordinary 48 hours, joe, bill barr giveth and bill barr taketh away. does the spin on the mueller report and the justice department challenges the affordable care act. and as you say, there really isn't anything resembling substitute for it. but i also thought yesterday was interesting for another reason. mitch mcconnell moved to get a vote on the green new deal. and if the republicans are guilty of overreach on the affordable care act and on health care, because they have no substitute, i think the democrats are wildly vulnerable on the green new deal. it is a kitchen sink proposal, not just on energy and climate, but would essential

working man, then he went down to mar-a-lago that night and said to robert kraft, i don't know if jeffrey epsteinound his table down there, he said i just made you all a lot of money today. no, we're not going to divert our eyes. damn the torpedos, full steam ahead, follow the story where it leads us. david ignatius. >> pow. >> should we talk about tree bark this morning and what it can do to lower your cholesterol? i'm not going to get into this much more. i don't want us to sit here talking about what the media did and didn't do. by the way, i don't listen to the conspiracy theorists and the hatemongerers and misogynists. i just happened to stumble across it on my way to pbs because i'm such a refined redneck. but it was too much for me. what put me over the top is when i saw somebody that i respected that wrote for "the new york times" actually parroting the attacks on the mainstream media for actually covering an administration packed with liars. and again, lying not about sweden, not about their last trip to nova scotia, but lying about russia. >> joe, i'm glad to hear a full-throated defens