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Heat on Labor Secretary to Resign Over Soft '08 Deal on Sex-Offender

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 7/11/19

The arrest of Jeffrey Epstein on alleged sex-trafficking of minors in New York between 2002 and 2005 has sparked calls for the resignation of U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta who as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 2008 signed off on a secret non-prosecution agreement for the hedge-fund billionaire.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted July 9, a day after the charges were announced, that Mr. Acosta “must step down” because as “U.S. Attorney, he engaged in an unconscionable agreement” with Mr. Epstein that was “kept secret from courageous, young victims preventing them from seeking justice.” She noted that President Trump was well aware of the controversy when he nominated Mr. Acosta.

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