venezuela's ambassador to the european union with the record of appalling human rights abuses does mr maher duro deserve to stay in office.

what that provision actually meant, mr. maher would stand up and he's alive and well, would agree.hat was supposed to happen one time. what that provision did not mean was that it could be changed again and again and again through joint meetings of the planning commission and the rec and park commission. interestingly enough, in the first one, which we've heard hours of testimony about, those two commissions met with one fifth of shadow. they said, actually, that that shadow was, this is the operative term in section 295, substantial. you remember that? then the project sponsor came back. this is shades of eight washington. the sponsor came back with five times more shadow. the question for us is, is that a ceqa issue in the first part? we'll get to the c.u. issue later. i think that is the fundamental question which is a body which is, an expert body by the way we have testimony from one of its commissioners who sent us all email which is part of the record, which is an email from former rec and park commissioners who served for 12 years on that body. who said that that body, whic

mr. epstein and his friends, extremely powerful, wealthy and connected people. in a ruling on february 21st of 2019, judge maherd a non-prosecution agreement that allows mr. epstein to serve just 13 months in county jail where he received 12 hours a day on work release six days out of the week. the judge found you broke the law, secretary acosta, when you chose not to tell the victims about this deal. and that you gave them the impression that this investigation was ongoing. and do you disagree with any of the facts that were found in the opinion that judge maher issued? >> congresswoman, first, let me -- let me say that the southern district of florida has prosecuted sex trafficking aggressively in the past and it is an incredibly important issue and it's something that needs to be aggressively pursued. turning to the -- turning -- >> do you disagree -- i get to ask the questions here. do you disagree with any of the facts as presented in the opinion of judge mara? >> the department of justice, i think rightly so for the past 12 years, has defended the action -- >> that is a yes or no question. i ask unanimous