Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns following furor over his role in the Jeffery Epstein sexual abuse scandal
Acosta has been under renewed scrutiny over his previous role as the US attorney in Miami, during which he negotiated the 2008 plea deal with Epstein. Epstein, a well-connected multi-millionaire, avoided a federal trial at the time and served only 13 months in prison for state prostitution charges over his involvement with underage girls. A Miami Herald investigation published last November described the plea deal, negotiated by Acosta, as the"deal of a lifetime.
Cooper: This is the one thing Acosta didn't do 02:54Acosta, the only Hispanic member of the Trump Cabinet, used his two-and-a-half year tenure to lead the administration's efforts on apprenticeships, job training and second-chance hiring. He was also at the helm of the Labor Department when the agency scaled back an Obama-era overtime rule that had originally expanded overtime pay.
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