/tags/alexander-acosta Alexander Acosta en-US SA¹ś¼Ź“«Ä± Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:46:16 GMT /2020-11-12/americans-ought-to-be-enraged-republican-rips-report-absolving-acosta-in-epstein-case Former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta used ā€œpoor judgmentā€ when he chose not to prosecute Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on federal sex-trafficking charges and instead let him plead guilty to a state offense of soliciting young girls for sex, a Justice Department review of the case has found. Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:46:16 GMT /2020-11-12/americans-ought-to-be-enraged-republican-rips-report-absolving-acosta-in-epstein-case Kevin G. Hall, Jay Weaver /national-politics/2019-07-18/trump-to-nominate-eugene-scalia-late-supreme-court-justices-son-as-labor-secretary The president offered the Washington attorney the job, and he accepted. He's 55 and a partner at a firm where he handles labor and employment cases. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:35:41 GMT /national-politics/2019-07-18/trump-to-nominate-eugene-scalia-late-supreme-court-justices-son-as-labor-secretary Nina Totenberg, Domenico Montanaro /show/the-florida-roundup/2019-07-12/with-acosta-out-experts-demand-more-attention-go-to-epsteins-victims Now that U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned over criticism of his role in a plea deal reached over a decade ago with billionaire financierā€¦ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:27:19 GMT /show/the-florida-roundup/2019-07-12/with-acosta-out-experts-demand-more-attention-go-to-epsteins-victims /2019-07-12/alexander-acosta-steps-down-as-labor-secretary-amid-epstein-controversy The departure follows scrutiny over his role in a plea deal as a U.S. attorney in 2008. The agreement eased punishment for multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein for alleged sex crimes. Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:50:58 GMT /2019-07-12/alexander-acosta-steps-down-as-labor-secretary-amid-epstein-controversy Ayesha Rascoe /2019-07-09/trump-defends-labor-secretary-acosta-over-epstein-plea-deal President Trump said Alexander Acosta has done a good job leading the Labor Department but will look into his involvement in a decade-old plea agreement with the financier accused of sex trafficking. Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:16:46 GMT /2019-07-09/trump-defends-labor-secretary-acosta-over-epstein-plea-deal Ayesha Rascoe /news/2019-03-14/jeffrey-epstein-prosecutor-was-previously-rebuked-for-handling-of-a-child-sex-case Nine months before cutting a covert plea deal with sex trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein, Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta was notified that theā€¦ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:15:13 GMT /news/2019-03-14/jeffrey-epstein-prosecutor-was-previously-rebuked-for-handling-of-a-child-sex-case Julie K. Brown /news/2019-02-21/federal-prosecutors-broke-law-in-jeffrey-epstein-case-judge-rules A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors ā€” among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta ā€” broke federal law when they signed a plea agreementā€¦ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:23:04 GMT /news/2019-02-21/federal-prosecutors-broke-law-in-jeffrey-epstein-case-judge-rules Julie K. Brown /news/2018-11-30/trump-labor-secretary-out-of-running-for-attorney-general-after-miami-herald-report Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is out of the running to be President Donald Trumpā€™s attorney general following a Miami Herald report that he oversaw aā€¦ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:48:02 GMT /news/2018-11-30/trump-labor-secretary-out-of-running-for-attorney-general-after-miami-herald-report Anita Kumar