a pedophile. reporter: alexander ocosta tried to explain his decision. professionals within a prosecutor s office decide that a plea that guarantees that someone goes to jail, that guarantees that someone register generally is a good thing. reporter: despite a federal law which says victims must be notified of this type of deal, epstein s victims were kept in the dark until after it was signed and approved by the judge. but he did have to pay restitution to the identified victims. meanwhile, in february, 11 years after epstein was sentenced, a federal judge here in florida rule that acosta and other officials violated the crime victims rights act but not k w knowfying the alleged victims of the plea deal until after it was signed. the judge noted prosecutors mislead the verdicts by allowing them to believe a federal
he said oh, i m having a senior moment. i mean no rape occurred because there was no penetration. these are the organiarguments i we ll see going forward. a spokesperson for president clinton that knew epstein tweeted out a statement today. what did that say? reporter: that statement said and let me read that to you. it says quote president clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes jeffrey epstein pleaded guilty to in florida some years ago or those with which he has been recently charged in new york. obviously, the fallout here is wide given epstein s connections to many politicians, many wealthy people. for now, we have only heard from the spokesperson for president clinton. obviously, there are other high-powered people who are connected to epstein. we have not heard from them. more on the cases then and
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now against jeffrey epstein. more as well on powerful figures that shared company and face serious al gaulegations because it. here is randi kaye. all jeffrey cared about is find me more girls. reporter: jeffrey as in jeffrey epstein, the hedge fund manager investigated for child sexual abuse and trafficking underaged women. the multi millionaire worked on wall street for years at bare sterns before opening his own investment firm. in 2006 the fbi began investigating his alleged activities with young girls who today are in their 20s and 30s. some spoke to the miami herald. i ve seen hundreds and hundreds of girls go through jeffrey s swinging door, ever revolving door. reporter: dozens of them all with similar stories of sexual abuse. even down to the details of what epstein s genitals looked like. he would want us to stand next to him and he would masturbate while he stared at us, touched us. it ended with sexual abuse
potential co-conspirators. none of them were identified leaving many to wonder if other powerful people were having sex with underaged girls at epstein s homes. the deal shut down the fbi s investigation into additional victims and accomplices and any chance of epstein going to prison for life based on the fbi s indictment that would have charged him with sex crimes. i read the indictment. there was multiple allegations of sex trafficking, trafficking girls across lines, using his airplane to traffic girls, witness intimidation and all of a sudden, it disappeared. reporter: the deal was negotiated in part by epstein s friend and defense lawyer alan and president donald trump s secretary of labor. he s supposed to be protecting the victims and he was protecting jeffrey epstein,