>>> WELCOME BACK TO "UP" I’M DAVID GURA.
DAVID GURA. CALLS THIS MORNING FOR ANOTHER
MEMBER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
CABINET TO RESIGN.
ALEXANDER ACOSTA, NOW THE
SECRETARY OF LABOR, AT ISSUE IS
A NONPROSECUTION DEAL FOREVER RY
FOREVER RY EPSTEEN CHARGED WITH
SEXUAL ABUSE.
SEXUAL ABUSE. AND PROSECUTORS BROKE THE LAW BY
CONCEALING A PLEA AGREEMENT FROM
THE VICTIMS, AND THE WHITE
HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT WAS PRESSED
ON THAT MATTER YESTERDAY.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE
ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE LABOR
SECRETARY TAMPERING WITH THE
JEFFERY EPSTEENIN CASE?
>> THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME
AGO BUT HE SEEMS LIKE A
FANTASTIC LABOR SECRETARY.
>> I WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER PART
OF THE TAPE.
THIS IS SECRETARY ACOSTA
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. THIS IS WHAT HE HAS BEEN ASKED
ABOUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND
HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY IN
RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT
HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASE.
>> THIS MATTER WAS ORIGINALLY A
STATE CASE.
STATE CASE. IT WAS PRESENTED BY THE STATE
ATTORNEY TO THE GRAND JURY IN
PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THE GRAND JURY IN PALM BEACH
COUNTY RECOMMENDED A SINGLE
COUNT OF SOLICITATION, NOT
INVOLVING MINORS, I BELIEVE, AND
THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN ZERO
JAIL TIME, ZERO REGISTRATION AS
A SEXUAL OFFENDER.
>> GLENN, ONE READS THE
THREE-PART SERIES IN THE MIAMI
HERALD ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
WITH A GROWING SENSE OF NAUSEA.
IT IS A DISGUSTING REPREHENSIBLE
THING THAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA.
WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED
THIS WEEK, ALL OF THIS CENTERED
ON THE FEDERAL CRIME VICTIMS
RIGHTS ACT.
RIGHTS ACT. HOW DOES IT PLAY IN THIS?
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, AND THE
SECRETARY OF LABOR WHO OVERSAW
THIS.
THIS. >> BACK IN 2004, THE CRIME
VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT, THE CVRA AS
WE CALLED IT, WAS ENACTED IN THE
LAW AND GAVE VICTIMS
UNPRECEDENTED RIGHTS IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH
WE ALL THINK, I’M NOT GOING TO
LIE, WOULD HE WERE A LITTLE BIT
FEARFUL OF IT AT FIRST BECAUSE
IT USED TO BE THERE WAS THE
PROSECUTOR AND THE DEFENSE
ATTORNEY AND THOSE WERE THE TWO
PEOPLE WHO HAD RIGHTS SO TO
SPEAK IN THE CRIMINAL LITIGATION
AND NOW 2004, VICTIMS HAD RIGHTS
AND DRAMATIC RIGHTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS HOW THE
ACOSTA EPSTEIN THING COMES INTO
PLAY.
PLAY. AS PART OF THE VICTIM’S BILL OF
RIGHTS IN THE CVRA, A VICTIM CAN
ACTUALLY OBJECT TO A PLEA OFFER
THAT THE PROSECUTOR EXTENDS TO
THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
AND THE VICTIM CAN GO INTO COURT
AND SAY JUDGE, I DON’T LIKE
THIS.
THIS. I DON’T FEEL LIKE MY RIGHTS ARE
BEING PROTECTED AND VINDICATED.
>> THAT’S WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> THAT’S WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN AND THE JUDGE ACCEPTS
THAT PLEA OFFER OVER THE
VICTIM’S OBJECTION, THE VICTIM
CAN APPEAL THAT DECISION.
SO WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN
2004.
2004. WE HAD TO TRAIN OUR PROSECUTORS
TO MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT EVERY
SINGLE RIGHT THE CVRA GRANTS TO
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. NOW, WE HAVE ACOSTA, APPARENTLY
IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE THESE UGLY
BACK ROOM DEALS, BETWEEN ACOSTA
AS THE U.S. ATTORNEY, IN
FLORIDA, AT THE TIME, AND
EPSTEIN’S LAWYERS, TO NOT ONLY
COVER UP THE HORRIFIC CRIMES
THAT EPSTEIN HAD COMMITMENTED, I
MEAN SEX TRAFFICKING, UNDERAGED
GIRLS, I MEAN THESE ARE SOME OF
THE MOST VULNERABLE VICTIMS IN
OUR COUNTRY.
OUR COUNTRY. BUT THEY LIED TO, ACOSTA LIED TO
THE VICTIMS ABOUT IT.
DON’T WORRY, THERE WILL BE A
FEDERAL PROSECUTION.
FEDERAL PROSECUTION. WE ARE GOING TO VINDICATE YOUR
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. AND THEN HE NEVER DID.
SO HERE, I THINK IS THE
IMPORTANT END GAME TO WHAT IS
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT IS
NOT A CRIMINAL STATUTE.
SO ACOSTA CAN’T BE PROSECUTED
FOR VIOLATING IT.
HE CAN BE DISBARRED.
HE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE FIRED.
AS A SECRETARY OF LABOR.
OR HE SHOULD RESIGN.
OPR, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY, HAS OPENED AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. AND IT’S A CRACKOUT FIT, I CAN
TELL YOU, INTO WHAT ACOSTA DID
BACK THEN, BUT HERE IS ONE THING
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, HOW
CAN ACOSTA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
IN THE MOST DRAMATIC WAY WHEN
YOU KNOW WHAT, IF HE CONSPIRED
WITH EPSTEIN’S LAWYERS, TO
BASICALLY PULL THE WOOL OVER THE
VICTIM’S EYES, THE CRIME VICTIMS
RIGHTS ACT MIGHT NOT BE A
CRIMINAL STATUTE BUT CONSPIREING
TO VIOLATE IT IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
OFFENSE. AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THIS
THING IS FULLY INVESTIGATED, AND
IF A CRIMINAL JURISDICTION IS IN
THE MIX SOMEHOW, I HOPE ACOSTA
IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE
THIS IS REPREHENSIBLE.
>> DAVID, I THINK WE ALSO JUST
HAVE TO REMEMBER, NONE OF THESE
THINGS ARE ISOLATED INSTANCES.
SO THE ACOSTA/EPSTEIN SITUATION,
BOB KRAFT AND IF IT IS INDEED
SEX TRAFFICKING AND NOT JUST
SEX, AND 100 MEN IN FLORIDA, R.
KELLY, WE ARE SEEING THIS
COLLIDE IN A WAY IN OUR NATION
WHERE THESE ARE THINGS THAT
WOMEN HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
FOR DECADES AND WE’RE SEEING
SOME OF THE MEN IN THE HIGHEST
OFFICES OF POWER ABUSING THAT,
IN A WAY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE
PRESIDENT SOMEHOW IS CONSTANTLY
ATTACHED TO THESE TYPES OF MEN.
AND THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. >> AND THIS TOPIC, VERY QUICKLY,
I WANT TO GET TO THIS.
LET’S PLAY A BIT OF A CLIP THERE
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE OVAL
OFFICE YESTERDAY.
OFFICE YESTERDAY. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT BOB CAST, HIS
LONG-TIME FRIEND IN THE OVAL
OFFICE YESTERDAY.
OFFICE YESTERDAY. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE CHARGES OF BOB
KRAFT?
KRAFT? HE IS A FRIEND OF YOUR.
>>S -- HE IS A FRIEND OF YOURS.
>> I’M SURPRISED TO SEE IT.
HE PROCLAIMED HIS INNOCENCE
TOTALLY.
TOTALLY. >> THIS IS A RECURRING THEME
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> ALL HE DOES IS WATCH TV ALL
DAY SO WHEN HE SAYS HE DOESN’T
KNOW, HE IS TALKING ABOUT SEX
TRAFFIC, WITH DUCT TAPE OVER
THEIR MOUTHS AND THAT’S WERE WE
NEED A $25 BILLION BORDER WILL,
IS A TOTAL DISCONNECT BETWEEN
TOLERATING SOMEONE IN YOUR
CABINET WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN
THIS, AND SAYING THAT IT IS THE
BIGGEST NATIONAL SECURITY
THREAT.
THREAT. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SERIOUS
ISSUE.
ISSUE. HE SHOULD NOT BE A CABINET
MEMBER.
MEMBER. HE SHOULD BE A LOT WORSE.
IT IS ANOTHER SLOW MOTION CAR
WRECK.
WRECK. AND THIS WILL BE ZINKE, TOM
PRICE, WHERE THIS GOES ON FOR
FIVE OR SIX MONTHS HE SHOULD BE
GONE BEFORE THE SHOW IS OVER.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WILL BE
REMARKABLE WHO HE WILL GIVE THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO AND WHO