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‘By billionaires and for billionaires’: Democratic governor unleashes on Trump for protecting Alex Acosta

One Democratic governor couldn't help but notice that the story of Jeffrey Epstein is yet another case of a billionaire getting off scot-free with the president and his allies.

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Felix Sater regrets working on Trump Moscow scheme after being grilled by Intel Committee: report

The Russian mob-linked former Trump Organization executive who was negotiating the Trump Tower Moscow deal regretted his role after testifying before Congress.

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‘The president is a sexual predator’: Conservative says GOP ‘wrote their fate’ by trading family values for Trump

President Donald Trump is "a sexual predator" a veteran Republican declared on MSNBC on Tuesday.

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GOP analyst hopes Secretary Alex Acosta won’t resign — so Congress will ‘haul him in’ to demand answers

Republican CNN commentator Amanda Carpenter was furious during a conversation about convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. The former communications chief to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) went off about the way that Epstein was able to slip through the cracks of a rigged judicial system.

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MSNBC’s Ali Velshi nails Kellyanne Conway for not knowing what the labor secretary actually does

MSNBC host Ali Velshi paused his update with White House correspondent Hans Nichols to show a clip of senior counselor Kellyanne Conway talking about the secretary of labor.

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Former prosecutor calls Trump 'dangerous' for trying to be more powerful than the Supreme Court

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance called President Donald Trump's behavior "dangerous" on the case surrounding the question on the census.

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WATCH: Trump 'feels badly' for Secretary Alex Acosta who let Epstein off with sweetheart plea deal

President Donald Trump reportedly "feels badly" for Alex Acosta, the administration's labor secretary who has come under fire for his role in cutting a plea deal for accused child rapist Jeffrey Epstein.

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Schumer: If Trump can't handle a little criticism from Fox News then 'he doesn't deserve to be president'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday suggested that Donald Trump "doesn't deserve to be president" if he can't handle criticism from Fox News.

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Jeffrey Epstein can’t claim double jeopardy to escape new charges — here’s why

A CNN panel discussion took up the case of multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday morning to break down why the multi-millionaire, who previously accepted a plea bargain on sex charges, will likely be unable to use double jeopardy protections to void the new charges filed against him.

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Trump biographer says the president ‘admired Epstein’s lifestyle’ -- and warns of ‘Pandora’s box of embarrassing information’

President Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was explained on MSNBC on Monday.

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Here are the two most likely reasons why the Public Corruption Unit investigated Trump pal Jeffrey Epstein

The two most likely reasons that Jeffrey Epstein is being prosecuted by the Public Corruption Unit were explained by a former federal prosecutor on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Monday.

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Trump official ‘re-victimized’ child rape survivors by charging middle-school girls with prostitution: Democratic senator

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta "re-victimized" child rape survivors in the highly-criticized case involving Jeffrey Epstein that Acosta was tasked with prosecuting as the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

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Trump is ‘torching’ the credibility of his DOJ -- says attorney who beat him on 2020 Census at the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump is destroying the credibility of his administration before the United States Supreme Court, former Solicitor General Neal Katyal explained on MSNBC on Monday.

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