Acosta defends his sweetheart deal for a pedophile

Jul 10, 2019

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Alex Acosta, Trump's Secretary of Labor, broke his silence about Jeffrey Epstein's arrest for child sex trafficking in New York. When Acosta was the U.S. Attorney in Miami in 2008, he struck a deal with Epstein that allowed Epstein to avoid federal charges for sexually abusing girls. Acosta defended his actions on Twitter:

The crimes committed by Epstein…

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