Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned, two days after he defended his role in a sweetheart plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein in a defiant press conference
Alexander Acosta, soon-to-be-former Labor Secretary. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Two days after a defiant press conference defending his role in a sweetheart plea deal for sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, and despite apparent support from his boss the president, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned, Trump announced. Yesterday Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano suggested Acosta would no longer “be around by Friday.” That was a solid prediction.
Sometimes prosecutors work cooperatively with state prosecutors to work out a global resolution when it is in their clients’ mutual interest, but it is certainly not required. In this instance, Epstein faced significantly longer prison time for his alleged violations of federal sex-trafficking laws.
The president famously does not like firing people, so you have to figure people around him let Acosta know it was time for him to go away. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney made no secret of his hostility to the man, as Politico reported earlier this week: Indeed, it’s clear Acosta had some serious enemies in the White House before he brought all this heat onto the administration:
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