[00:02] From ABC News, I'm Shery Fretton.
[00:05] He's already a registered sex offender.
[00:07] Now, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of abusing dozens of girls from New York, ABC's Aaron Katersky.
[00:15] The defense said the indictment amounts to a do-over for the Feds, who allowed Jeffrey Epstein to plead to lesser charges a decade ago and arrange a non-prosecution agreement.
[00:24] They would never be daunted by such a specious document.
[00:30] Former federal prosecutor Rachel Maiman, who's now a partner at Lowenstein Sandler said Epstein's prior plea is an admission of guilt.
[00:37] I think they'll be able to use his pleas against him and that is really good evidence.
[00:43] Prosecutors also said they found at Epstein's home here a vast trove of nude photos of females, many of whom appeared to be underage.
[00:51] Aaron Katersky, ABC News, New York.
[00:53] That guilty plea years ago involved then US attorney Alex Acosta, now President Trump's Labor Secretary.
[01:00] Speaker of the House has Acosta needs to step down.
[00:02] From ABC News, I'm Shery Fretton.
[00:05] He's already a registered sex offender.
[00:07] Now, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein is accused of abusing dozens of girls from New York, ABC's Aaron Katersky.
[00:15] The defense said the indictment amounts to a do-over for the Feds, who allowed Jeffrey Epstein to plead to lesser charges a decade ago and arrange a non-prosecution agreement.
[00:24] They would never be daunted by such a specious document.
[00:30] Former federal prosecutor Rachel Maiman, who's now a partner at Lowenstein Sandler said Epstein's prior plea is an admission of guilt.
[00:37] I think they'll be able to use his pleas against him and that is really good evidence.
[00:43] Prosecutors also said they found at Epstein's home here a vast trove of nude photos of females, many of whom appeared to be underage.
[00:51] Aaron Katersky, ABC News, New York.
[00:53] That guilty plea years ago involved then US attorney Alex Acosta, now President Trump's Labor Secretary.
[01:00] Speaker of the House has Acosta needs to step down.