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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta defends handling of Jeffrey Epstein case

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta defended his handling of a decade-old plea deal with billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex crime charges when Acosta was a U.S. attorney in Florida. Acosta is facing renewed scrutiny over the case after Epstein was arrested on new federal sex trafficking charges in New York last week. CBS News White House correspondents Paula Reid and Ben Tracy, plus legal analyst Rikki Klieman, join CBSN with more.
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