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u.s. attorney in florida in 2008. jessica schneider is outfront. reporter: jeffrey epstein is the politically connected palm beach billionaire who struck a 2008 plea deal with federal authorities who uncovered evidence of him sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls. the u.s. attorney at the time, a current member of president trump s cabinet. labor secretary alex acosta allegedly met up with a lawyer for epstein and assured his legal team that prosecutors would not contact any of the identified individuals, potential witnesses or potential civil claimants as the two sides hammered out an agreement that ultimately met epstein avoided trial and federal charges and only served 13 months in a county jail after pleading guilty to two state prostitution charges. a judge has now ruled that pledge not to inform any of epstein s accusers of the plea deal was illegal. violating victims rights. they felt elated that finally someone, you know, of authority
president trump is standing by his labor secretary alex acosta after a federal judge ruled he and other prosecutors broke the law over a plea deal with an alleged serial sex abuser, back when acosta was u.s. attorney in florida in 2008. cnn s jessica schneider has more. reporter: jeffrey epstein is the politically connected palm beach billionaire, who struck a 2008 plea deal with federal authorities, who uncovered evidence of himselfly abusing dozens of teenaged girl, labor secretary alex acosta allegedly met up with a lawyer for epsteen and assured the legal team that the prosecutors would not contact the identified
a threatening letter to himself and orchestrated this attack. back to you. nick, thank you for that. another trump cabinet secretary is in trouble, this time alex acosta. he was a federal prosecutor 11 years ago when the justice department reached a plea deal with jeffrey epstein, a palm beach billionaire accused of sexually abusing as many as 36 underage girls in a sex ring. on thursday a federal judge in south florida ruled that acosta and the justice department broke the law by not discussing the plea deal with victims as required. in november the miami herald reported that epstein got the deal of a lifetime, no trial and just 13 months in prison. the plea arrangements effectively shut down a probe. earlier this month republican
analyst has just been charged with leaking confidential reports about michael cohen s bank records, those records reveal that cohen sought to profit from his close relationship with the president. labor secretary alex acosta was a federal prosecutor in g florida when the justice department reached a plea deal with jeffrey epstein, a palm beach billionaire accused of sexual abusing as many as 36 underage girls. thursday it was ruled that they broke the law by not discussing the plea with victims as required. and acosta gave epstein the deem of a lifetime, no trial, just 13 months in prison. the plea greagreement effective shut down an ongoing investigation hand granted immunity to any potential co-conspirators. earlier this month republican senator ben sasse says the justice department says they