Let's put all the facts and all the material out on the table and, and then folks can reach their own judgments about anybody connected with this horrible, horrible case. I led the effort to try to deny Secretary of Labor Acosta confirmation in the first Trump administration. because of his involvement in this sweetheart deal, which even knowing a fraction of the facts back then in 2017, it looked horrible. And he eventually had to resign in disgrace because of it. (03:48–03:56)
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Asserts that Tim Kaine led efforts to block Alex Acosta's confirmation due to his involvement in a deal with Epstein.
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