PBS, July 2019: Alex Acosta defended his 2008 Epstein deal at a press conference. He did not say Epstein "belonged to intelligence" there; that line comes from unnamed-source reporting.
We believe that we proceeded appropriately … based on the evidence, there was value to getting a guilty plea and having him register. … I’m here to say we did what we did because we wanted to see Epstein go to jail.
PBS, July 2019: Alex Acosta defended his 2008 Epstein deal at a press conference. He did not say Epstein "belonged to intelligence" there; that line comes from unnamed-source reporting.