The move comes after Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, 50, resigned because of scrutiny surrounding a 2008 plea agreement for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Acosta served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2005 to 2009. . ..…
Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, architect of the original 2007 non-prosecution agreement that let Epstein off . . . . ..…
Acosta, Harvard-educated lawyer, came under fire for the lenient 2008 plea after Epstein was re-arrested July New York City and charged with sex trafficking. ..…
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns Amid Epstein Furor . . . Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns Amid Epstein Furor . . ... 'This was him, not me,' said Trump as Acosta stood beside him. . Trump, who saw Acosta largely as a source of favorable monthly statistics..…
Negative publicity about Acosta's original deal with Epstein ignited, and Acosta resigned, with push from Trump —. ... In the 2020 Acosta issued April, he proposed 80 percent reduction in funding for International Labor Affairs Bureau. ..…
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