nonprosecution agreement in florida allowing epstein to plead guilty only to charges of soliciting a minor. that deal was overseen by alexander acosta, who was then u.s. attorney in miami, and is now president trump s labor secretary. epstein s friends and acquaintances have included mr. trump, britain s prince andrew, the actor kevin spacey, and former president bill clinton, whose office tonight issued a statement saying in part, president clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes jeffrey epstein pleaded guilty to in florida some years ago. all those with which he had been recently charged in new york. some of epstein s accuser issue statements as well today, welcoming his arrest and saying it is time for epstein and his circle of powerful people to be brought to justice. laura? laura: jonathan, thank you so much. joining me now to analyze as a former sex crimes prosecutor
herself. nicole, good to see you. based on what we know so far, is a southern veteran of new york likely , in your mind, to get a conviction against epstein here despite that previous deal that he has struck with a former u.sf florida? that is definitely something that we can t tell just yet. we certainly do have quite a lot of information from this very wordy indictment that said, what we don t have is access to any n this case whatsoever. all this indictment is an allegation. it is simply the government making an accusation that this is what epstein did. laura: the headlines obviously are disturbing. the indictment is long, as you said. epstein knew his victims were underage, that is part of the indictment for some, minor victims expressly told him their age, and he wasn t working alone, according to another part