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I have no idea. You know what I know? You know what I know about Alex? He was a great student at Harvard. He's Hispanic, which I which I so admire.
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So that was the guy who got deposed by Democrats in the House Oversight Committee. And we're learning about that testimony. It is utterly pathetic. Now, Acosta admitted that he was responsible for the sweetheart deal. He said he takes responsibility for it and said it was the right thing to do. But then Alex Acosta was asked during his deposition, so did you even read the statements of the victims, the 40 plus victims who were in the file before you cut that sweetheart deal? And Alex Acosta was like, nah, I didn't even read it. So how'd you think it was a good deal if you didn't read the witness statements? Also, your line prosecutors, Mr. Acosta, meaning your day to day prosecutors who would be the ones who handle the case. They prepared a 50 plus page indictment with very specific facts and they wanted Epstein prosecuted. But then the cabal of Alex Acosta and other unidentified rich, wealthy, powerful people in West Palm beach swooped in and stopped that from happening. Now, Acosta then got a sweetheart gig and at the Trump administration, you saw Donald Trump trying to protect him there as he resigned. More on that in a little bit. Um, and then Acosta got that sweetheart deal. He resigned when his role was uncovered. More cover ups regarding Epstein. So let me go through with you what we learned about Alex Acosta's deposition that took place on Friday that the Democrats were able to get. I want to give a shout out to Democratic Congresswoman Stansberry and she's correct. Something doesn't smell right here. Alex Acosta thought the testimony of 40 minors wasn't enough to prosecute Epstein. As I said right now, Congresswoman Stansberry, she's like my all star Congress member right now. I think she's just crushing it. She deserves more attention, as I've always been saying, because she's doing such great work. Let's play her perspective of that deposition that she was in yesterday. And I can't wait to get my hands on that transcript. Here, play this clip.
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There were at least 40 minors who gave sworn statements to the FBI as part of the investigation before a decision was made in this case that they had been raped, abused and trafficked over 40 minors. And the line prosecutor in this case wrote an 82 page memo to the leadership in the U.S. attorney's office recommending a prosecution. And she was so convinced based on the evidence and interviews that she had taken and reviewed, that she drafted a 53 page indictment in this case. And what Mr. Acosta just told us is that based on his assessment of the case with his team, that he did not see sufficient evidence to move forward with prosecuting the case, that there were weaknesses in the case. When asked if he made the decision as to whether or not to prosecute fully prosecute this case, he took responsibility for it. He said it was the decision of him and his team. But when asked if he had directly reviewed the evidence itself in this case, he said that he had not actually read the statements of the victims. So let me just say this. Something doesn't smell right here.
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Next up, we have another Democratic Congress member. Let's take a look at what he's got to say. Play this clip.
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Everyone seems to agree that there is this terrible miscarriage of justice in this case except Alex Acosta. He thinks that his sweetheart deal was actually the best course of action and still seems to stand by it. And he was investigating Jeffrey Epstein, who is a close friend of Donald Trump's. And this came up during his vetting process to join the Trump administration. And so it seems like starting to make more sense every day to me. Why the Trump administration won't release the files is because Alex Acosta was involved in this sweetheart deal. And it seems like the Trump administration is going to continue this cover up until oversight Dems gets to the bottom of this because we're the ones that have actually been pushing the right questions in this case.
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And here we have Congress member Garcia. Let's listen to his perspective. Let's play it now.
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It's very clear that Alex Acosta ran a deeply flawed investigation of the Epstein case. That's clear. He also would not admit that Mr. Epstein received a sweetheart deal, which has been widely reported and agreed upon since that deal was actually made by Mr. Acosta and his team. So he would not admit, in fact stands by the decision to have given Mr. Epstein a sweetheart deal, which was only 18 months and which during that time he went on to abuse multiple women. In his questioning, he also agreed and stood by those decisions and would not claim any responsibility to the victims and in fact said and was admitted that he had no knowledge of what happened to those victims. Even to this day, when asked directly if he actually knew that people were being abused, that women were abused during that time, he would not admit that he knew that information and actually refused to acknowledge the fact.
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Congressman Dave min out of California 47 and before coming to Congress I was a law professor at UC Irvine. And I'll tell you, after the first hour of sitting with Alex Acosta, I found him to be completely non credible as a witness. His answers were evasive, they obfuscated and they were just not believable. Just to give you one example, we know that his chief federal prosecutor, in addition to bringing a long charging memoir and a prosecution memo, had actually said that the computer evidence that was being withheld by the defense at that point in time, all these files, the surveillance videos, perhaps child pornography, they were not producing it. She had said that that was a smoking gun that would put this whole thing to bed. When I asked Alex Acosta about this, his response was that he didn't actually review the evidence on this case and would have no input on this, which is just impossible to believe given the high profile nature of Jeffrey Epstein at the time, given the fact that Alex Acosta was having meetings with the attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein, contemporaneous with all this, completely non credible. I doubt we'll get a lot of honesty out of him today. But what we're hoping to get is a roadmap to the types of evidence that we can demand from as the Oversight committee from the Epstein estate, a roadmap to that. And of course we're going to continue to get, I believe, a lack of remorse, a lot of obfuscation out of Alex Acosta. Very frustrating. But we are going to get answers.
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And Congresswoman Ansari, she took a pause from the deposition and then let CNN what was taking place. Let me show you that clip right here. Let's play it.
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Can you share what you've learned from Alex Acosta so far? I just stepped out of the transcribed interview with Alex Acosta. We'll be heading back in. We've had several hours of questioning where primarily we are trying to, first of all, understand why Alex Acosta struck such a sweetheart deal for Jeffrey Epstein, why he helped Jeffrey Epstein evade the law. And I'm going to be quite honest with you. Thus far, Alex Acosta does not seem to be a credible witness. To me. He is extremely evasive, very difficult to get straightforward answers out of him regarding what happened during this time, what he knew of the relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, why he only focused on a single state prosecution, did not charge Jeffrey Epstein for federal crimes.
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Now, as a reminder, I want you to watch this as then Labor Secretary Acosta. July 12, 2019. He tells reporters why he was resigning from the Trump administration. And then Donald Trump was saying that it was not his decision and he really liked Acosta. Here, play this clip.
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He made a deal that people were happy with, and then 12 years later, they're not happy with it. You'll have to figure all of that out. But the fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of Labor. And Alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. And I actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to say it to the, the press. But I just want to let you know this was him, not me, because I'm with him. He was a. He's a tremendous talent. He's a Hispanic man. He went to Harvard, a great student. And in so many ways, I just hate what he's saying now because we're going to miss him. But please, Alex. Thank you, Mr. President. Over the last week, I've seen a lot of coverage of the Department of Labor. And what I have not seen is the incredible job creation that we've seen in this economy. As I look forward, I do not think it is right and fair for this administration's Labor Department to have Epstein as the focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. And so I called the president this morning. I told him that I thought the right thing was to set aside. It would be selfish for me to stay in this position and continue talking about a case that's 12 years old rather than about the amazing economy we have right now. And so I submitted my resignation to the president effective seven days from today, effective one week from today.
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Earlier this morning, and then Again, a reminder, July 9, 2019, Donald Trump said that he felt badly that Acosta had to resign. Donald Trump said he thought Acosta did nothing wrong. Donald Trump says, I'm going to get to the bottom of this whole Epstein thing. This was in 2019. And then Donald Trump lied and said he was not a fan of Epstein, did not like Epstein. And of course, we now know about the birthday card. We know about Donald Trump's relationship with Epstein and more extensive details. But these were the lies that he was peddling on July 9, 2019. Donald, you're never going to escape your dark past. It's surfacing here. Play this clip.
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What happened 12 or 15 years ago with respect to when he was a U.S. attorney? I think in Miami. Is it Miami? Yes. You know, if you go back and look at everybody else's decisions, Whether it's a U.S. attorney or an Assistant U.S. attorney or a judge, you go back 12 or 15 years ago or 20 years ago and look at their past decisions, I would think you'd probably find that they would wish they maybe did it a different way. I do hear that there were a lot of people involved in that decision, not just him. I can only say this from what I know, and what I do know is that he's been a great, really great Secretary of Labor. The rest of it we'll have to look at. We'll have to look at it very carefully. But you're talking about a long time ago. And again, it was a decision made, I think, not by him, but by a lot of people. So we're going to look at it very carefully. We'll be looking at that very carefully. Okay. Okay. Anybody else? Well, I knew him like everybody in Palm beach knew him. I mean, people in Palm beach knew him. He was a fixture in Palm Beach. I had a falling out with him a long time ago. I don't think I've spoken to him for 15 years. I wasn't a fan. I was not. Yeah, a long time ago. I'd say maybe 15 years. I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you. I was not a fan of his son. I feel very badly, actually, for Secretary Acosta because I've known him as being somebody that worked so hard and has done such a good job. I feel very badly about that whole situation. But we're going to be looking at that and looking at it very closely.
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Well, there you have it, folks. We'll tie all those loose ends together here on the Midas Touch Network. Drip, drip, drip. Donald. The Democrats are not going away. And when Democrats are able to take power again, perhaps after the midterms, they're going to get subpoena power. They're not going away. They're going to get these files one way or the other. I understand that Trump MAGA desperately covering up Trump says it is a hostile act if Republicans help produce the files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Just think about that direct quote from the Trump administration hostile act. And of course you saw my coverage of Kash Patel's hearing this past week, which was just an utter farce. Thanks for watching. Hit subscribe let's get to 6 million subscribers. New Midas merch head to store.midastouch.com today and get yourself the best pro democracy gear and show your support. That's store.midustouch.com.
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