of course epstein is accused of sex trafficking and child sexual abuse, but instead he made guilty to two prostitution charges only. this week epstein is facing many new sex trafficking charges, and this morning a new accuser is speaking out watch this. did jeffrey epstein rape you? yeah, he raped me, forcefully raped me, knew exactly what he was doing. and i don t think cared. what hurts even more so if if wasn t afraid to come forward sooner then maybe he wouldn t have done it to other girls. i feel really guilty. to this day i feel guilty. let me get to our joe johns at the white house with more. it s so painful to watch that and hear the guilt this young woman and so many others have taken on. but the white house at this point standing by acosta? reporter: well, it s not that simple, quite frankly. as you reported just a minute
trafficking of minors and what it means when this guy was dealing with these dozens and dozens of girls, bringing them into his arms, if you will, whatever, and exploiting them sexually. let me add my voice to the chorus of former prosecutors that gene just referred to as being affirmatively against this sweetheart deal that acosta gave jeffrey epstein. sex trafficking violations are extremely serious when charged federally. and by all accounts, the evidence here was very strong. jeffrey epstein was the head of a vast sex trafficking network in which he was at the helm. he orchestrate and directed his employees and even some of the minor victims in the case to recruit more minor victims. these cases face stiff penalties if charged federally, which of course epstein was not. he s facing up to 45 years federally now. well, i don t have to get