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But I do know that the Epstein thing had come to a head during that time in 2019. Of course, 6 months later, the pandemic hit and knocked all of that out of the news cycle! It's good that it is being brought up again because it continues to throw them back on their heels!
Alexander Acosta Steps Down As Labor Secretary Amid Epstein Controversy
July 12, 2019 9:50 AM ET
Updated at 5:05 p.m. ET
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down after criticism over his role in a nonprosecution deal reached years ago with the well-connected businessman accused of sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein. Acosta appeared on Friday at the White House with President Trump and announced his resignation. "I do not think it is fair for this administration's Labor Department to have Epstein as its focus rather than the incredible economy we have today," Acosta said. "The right thing was to step aside."
Acosta said his departure would be effective in one week, when Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella is expected to take over as acting head of the department. Trump said Acosta had called him early Friday to convey his decision and the choice to step down had been Acosta's. The president praised Acosta as a "fantastic secretary of Labor" and "a tremendous talent. He's a Hispanic man; he went to Harvard."
Top Democrats in Congress had called for Acosta's removal in the wake of new charges against multimillionaire Epstein by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York. Epstein is accused of sexually abusing underage girls as young as 14, some of whom he allegedly recruited in what prosecutors called a sex trafficking network.
In 2008, then-U.S. Attorney Acosta oversaw an agreement that permitted Epstein to plead guilty to some related charges but which critics have since called far too lenient.
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July 12, 2019 9:50 AM ET
Updated at 5:05 p.m. ET
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down after criticism over his role in a nonprosecution deal reached years ago with the well-connected businessman accused of sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein. Acosta appeared on Friday at the White House with President Trump and announced his resignation. "I do not think it is fair for this administration's Labor Department to have Epstein as its focus rather than the incredible economy we have today," Acosta said. "The right thing was to step aside."
Acosta said his departure would be effective in one week, when Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella is expected to take over as acting head of the department. Trump said Acosta had called him early Friday to convey his decision and the choice to step down had been Acosta's. The president praised Acosta as a "fantastic secretary of Labor" and "a tremendous talent. He's a Hispanic man; he went to Harvard."
Top Democrats in Congress had called for Acosta's removal in the wake of new charges against multimillionaire Epstein by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York. Epstein is accused of sexually abusing underage girls as young as 14, some of whom he allegedly recruited in what prosecutors called a sex trafficking network.
In 2008, then-U.S. Attorney Acosta oversaw an agreement that permitted Epstein to plead guilty to some related charges but which critics have since called far too lenient.
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This part from the above - a quote from 45 -
He's a Hispanic man; he went to Harvard."
And that "2008" plea deal was done under SHRUB (who had appointed Acosta U.S. Attorney for SDNY), which was BEFORE Obama was elected (despite the RW noise machine trying to tie it to Obama)!
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