NEW YORK (AP) – A U.S. senator and a Florida congresswoman are praising a federal judge’s decision to keep financier Jeffrey Epstein behind bars. Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee, says the judge’s decision Thursday to keep Epstein jailed until trial “wasn’t a close call.” He calls Epstein a “molester” who “stole the innocence of many little girls.” U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, says the judge “made the right call.” She says “survivors deserve more answers and true justice” and Epstein “will never spend enough time behind bars.” The 66-year-old Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges on July 6. He has pleaded not guilty. His defense lawyers left Manhattan federal court Thursday without commenting. (Photo: CNN)