Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid pressure from Jeffrey Epstein sex traffic case

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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta says he will resign amid controversy over the way he handled a sex crimes case against wealthy businessman Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago.

Epstein is accused of luring dozens of underage girls to his Manhattan mansion to give him massages that escalated into sex acts. He is charged in New York with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.

Acosta, as a U.S. attorney, struck a secret plea deal with Epstein allowing him to avoid federal prosecution on similar charges. Even Acosta expressed frustration with the lax punishment Epstein received. "The work release was complete BS," Acosta. He said that his office intended for Epstein to carry out all of his sentence, which he expected to be 18 months, behind bars.

 

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Still waiting on trump to surround himself with the very best people

So let’s try to keep a count on the number of criminals from this administration. I’m not even sure I can keep up anymore from wife beaters to embezzlers to corrupt federal prosecutors. It’s a full time job keeping up with this corrupt administration.

what's happened is Orgy island is not stays in Orgy island.

His face looks ugly. I doubt he is participating in something

Resign? He should be facing charges.

Disbarment would be appropriate since he allowed Epstein to raped countless other 13 year old girls from 2007 to now.

Should have NEVER been confirmed. The Epstein fiasco was brought up then and GOP shrugged.

DisbarredAcosta

How limited? Trying to plan ahead.

Good!

Another one resign

About time...

Alex Costa resign...

R Kelly living at Trump Tower Chicago ..... the bees always return to the hive !

After a little research it was found Sec. Acosta did not fall under the Virginia exception.

Good riddance

When will the credibly accused and self admitted rapist Trump will resign ?! RapistTrump AcostaResign

He had choice but to resign ,now I hope he loses his law license

I can’t stand the way realDonaldTrump looking at Alex Acosta.

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Embattled Alexander Acosta defends his handling of Jeffrey Epstein plea deal: 'Times have changed'Under fire over his handling of Epstein&39;s 2008 plea deal, the labor secretary held an extraordinary Wednesday news conference. Krischer is lying through his teeth. He thinks we can't search old articles from that time. Here are two links to get you started. Acosta told the truth today, and Krischer should be outed as the liar he is. -VJ And you Yahoo should not be allowed to post fake bullshit stories. Like the one you posted about Epstein but had include a pic of realDonaldTrump right along with it! Time for me to close all of my yahoo accounts.
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