U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned July 12 amid a rising clamor for his ouster over an unusual bargain he negotiated as a Federal prosecutor in Miami with a man who last week was charged with sex-trafficking in Manhattan.
His exit came just four days after the arrest of hedge-fund magnate Jeffrey Epstein for the trafficking of minors as young as 14 brought heightened scrutiny to the deal Mr. Acosta brokered as U.S. Attorney in Miami with Mr. Epstein on 2008 for similar charges.
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