Labor Secretary Alex Acosta says that when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida, his office got the best deal it could at the time when it came to the secret plea deal offered to Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago in a molestation case. At a news conference Wednesday, the AP describes Acosta as "unapologetic," maintaining his office did the best it could and was trying to avoid a deal allowing the wealthy financier to "walk free." Acosta said the case started as a state matter, not with his office. He says that the Palm Beach state attorney's office was "ready to let Epstein walk free. No jail time. Nothing." Acosta says federal prosecutors found that to be unacceptable. He says his office intervened and pressed for tougher consequences. More: