that epstein had involving these underage girls. prosecutors are really adamant when they file this did memo this afternoon to let the judge know that he is an extreme flight risk, somebody who has intimidated witnesses in the past, somebody who has tremendous financial means. i have looked at his florida law enforcement records. he s got a bentley, a rolls-royce, he s got a mercedes. so prosecutors don t want this person back out there. they don t want jeffrey epstein to be able to communicate with any victims. when they found all of that either underage or young woman images that the nude images or partially nude images at his house, at his mansion in the upper east side of manhattan further night, that s something that they have addressed with the judge, hey, here s something who had these images contained
a lot of missed opportunities. everything from, again, closed-door discussions with, you know, epstein had was very lawyered up, had very, very powerful group of attorneys working for him. and mr. acosta has said that they were outlawyered at one point to leaving the victims out of the settlement. so our reporting really was able to show that the was not just one misstep but several missteps along the way. yeah. and as we know, we re all waiting to see what happens with the investigation of the justice department into how this case was handled. again, big congratulations to your news room and to julie k. brown for remarkable reporting that has led to this. i want to bring in ken now. corruption and fraud prosecutor in the southern district new york. ken, thank you for being with us. as mindy said, the deal that
indictment. something that might be on the table, kind of an indirect answer for the judge. today he didn t push them any further on that. and to your point in that mpa, there were people that work for him that were named in that. but they did not specifically sign, at least the hasn t been revealed publicly, their own mpas. that mpa just seemed to cover them. federal prosecutors have made the argument already here today that that mpa was specifically for that district, the southern district of florida, the miami-palm beach area, meaning that that doesn t cover anything here. so it ll be interesting to see whether those three other unnamed employees in epstein s orbit are people that could be facing some time in the courtroom behind us as well. tom winter at the manhattan courthouse where jeffrey epstein just appeared. without getting into too much detail, the new york city officials overseeing the case made sure to mention one source of assistance during this investigation.
serve 13 months in a county facility that allowed him to leave six days a week to conduct work at his office. the miami herald brought this story to the nation s attention back in november as part of that investigation the paper was able to identify nearly 80 girls who were allegedly molest by epstein. four of the victims now in their late 20s and early 30s spoke on video about how they were traumatized first by epstein, then by his lawyers, and then by private investigators and finally by the prosecutors themselves who disposed of the case without telling them. that is from the fantastic reporting by the miami herald. today federal prosecutors made sure to underscore the victims of this alleged crime. we ve seen sex trafficking cases all over the place. it s a very busy task force, and my opinion is often in society we ignore, we ignore the vulnerable victims. to join us nbc investigations
correspondent tom winter who s outside the manhattan courthouse where enteen has just appeared. reporter: the latest here in is that epstein is going to remain detained. he is going to be back at the mcc which is one of the holding facilities that we have here. it s a federal facility. basically we are going to wait until at least thursday, but more realistically monday for a federal judge to decide whether or not he s going to get bail on those two charges that he pleaded not guilty. he appeared in court in a slate blue jump suit, a light brown t-shirt underneath, his hair a little bit rumpled. he looked like somebody who probably hasn t had a chance to get a shave in a couple. days and we know that s true because he was arrested saturday night at 5:30. that indictment that you detailed alleging dozens of women that were involved in a, quote, vast scheme, essentially,