On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he was "calling on Secretary Acosta to resign" during a speech from Senate floor.
WASHINGTON – The top Democrats in Congress have called on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to resign over a past plea deal he cut as a U.S. attorney that gave a light sentence to multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who had allegedly engaged in sex acts with dozens of minors.
.@SecretaryAcosta must step down. As US Attorney, he engaged in an unconscionable agreement w/ Jeffrey Epstein kept secret from courageous, young victims preventing them from seeking justice. This was known by @POTUS when he appointed him to the cabinet. #AcostaResignJeffrey Epstein should have been behind bars years ago as a serial sex trafficker of children.
Now that new evidence and additional testimony is available, the NY prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice.Trump told reporters that he thought Acosta has been"an excellent secretary of labor" and that he"feels badly" about the criticism he is facing.
Epstein's alleged co-conspirators were granted immunity and the federal non-prosecution agreement was sealed, which meant it was hidden even from the girls Epstein was accused of abusing when they were teenagers, the Herald revealed. "If this plea deal doesn’t withstand scrutiny, then it would be the job of the Judiciary Committee to find out how it got off the rails," he said, according to The Hill. "My understanding is that’s a very complicated case," then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in response to the ruling."But that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time.
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