i was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. i was not a fan of his. joining me now the investigative journalist whose dogged reporting helped expose, julie brown of the miami herald. a pleasure to have you here. thank you. i ll start on the president and then talk about alex acosta. in terms of the president, this is clearly you can find pictures of epstein with a loft people because he cultivated powerful people. how would you characterize his relationship to the current president of the united states? well, i think their relationship goes back a long time. they obviously had a lot in common. both powerful, wealthy men who enjoyed the company of beautiful women, and they moved in the same social circles, and they also both had experience with models and modeling agencies. epstein reportedly invested in a modeling agency, and there are court documents that said at the time that he invested in this
intentionally helping this rich white man over these young girls who didn t have the kind of representation that the department of justice is ethically responsible and morally responsible to advocate for. you know, part of the issue to me is that there is we still don t have the full story. julie brown did amazing reporting. absolutely. acosta should answer questions. yes. i m all for the state s attorney answering questions, but we don t have an answer on why he was meeting offsite, why did he lie to the girls? why did he give immunity to these other four women plus persons known and unknown? why didn t he get anything in return for this deal? why didn t he research up in new york? i could give you a list of 30 things that he should have to respond to right away. and this business about, well, i think justice was done is a complete a, not true and b, unacceptable response from him at this time. it strikes me that here is a guy. he is currently sitting in the
secretly with defense attorneys. when i was a prosecutor prosecuting sex crimes or police officers, i didn t defer to any defense counsel, and i don t know anybody who did. and these guys were deferential and would this be okay with you? it was a bizarre relationship that they had. but it s more than just sloppy. this is intentionally intentionally helping this rich white man over these young girls who didn t have the kind of representation that the department of justice is ethically responsible and morally responsible to advocate for. you know, part of the issue to me is that there is we still don t have the full story. julie brown did amazing reporting. absolutely. acosta should answer questions. yes. i m all for the state s attorney answering questions, but we don t have an answer on why he was meeting offsite, why did he lie to the girls? why did he give immunity to these other four women plus persons known and unknown? why didn t he get anything in return for this deal
i d say maybe 15 years. i was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. i was not a fan of his. joining me now the investigative journalist whose dogged reporting helped expose, julie brown of the miami herald. a pleasure to have you here. thank you. i ll start on the president and then talk about alex acosta. in terms of the president, this is clearly you can find pictures of epstein with a loft people because he cultivated powerful people. how would you characterize his relationship to the current president of the united states? well, i think their relationship goes back a long time. they obviously had a lot in common. both powerful, wealthy men who enjoyed the company of beautiful women, and they moved in the same social circles, and they also both had experience with models and modeling agencies. epstein reportedly invested in a modeling agency, and there are court documents that said at the time that he invested in this