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Acosta defends his actions in controversial plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta is defending his handling of a plea deal from 2008. Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is now facing sex trafficking charges, dodged federal charges with the old deal and spent just 13 months in county jail on prostitution charges. Mola Lenghi reports.
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