Schumer will donate campaign contributions from accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to charity
"While these campaign accounts closed about 20 years ago, and even then the campaign never controlled the two political action committees , Senator Schumer is donating an equal sum to anti-sex trafficking and anti-violence against women groups," Schumer spokesman Justin Goodman said in a statement to NBC News.
Schumer, the senate minority leader, on Tuesday called on Labor Department Secretary Alex Acosta to resign, or failing that, for Trump to fire him. Acosta more than a decade ago was the top federal prosecutor in Miami, and at that time cut a sweetheart deal with Epstein that let the money manager avoid being charged with federal crimes.
Acosta did not inform Epstein's accusers of the non-prosecution agreement until it was submitted in court. A judge earlier this year said Acosta and DOJ lawyers violated federal law by not telling Epstein's accusers about the deal. It is "now impossible for anyone to have confidence in Secretary Acosta's ability to lead the Department of Labor. If he refuses to resign, President Trump should fire him," Schumer said on the senate floor.Schumer and D'Amato are just two of the politicians Epstein donated to. Others include former President Bill Clinton, former Sens. John Kerry, Bob Dole, and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, records show.
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