Trump's Labor secretary is facing renewed and fierce calls for his resignation due to his role in negotiating a lenient plea deal for Epstein in 2007.
In the wake of the politically connected multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein being charged with federal sex trafficking crimes involving minors on Monday, congressional Democrats are calling for the resignation of a top cabinet member of President Donald Trump, who years ago was involved in offering Epstein an alleged lenient plea deal for similar crimes.
The financier was once a member of the president's exclusive Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida—until he was kicked out for allegedly sexually assaulting an underage girl,. The two men have also dined together at one another's homes and Trump has flown on Epstein's private jet. "Sec. Acosta swore an oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his office," she wrote on Twitter."In failing to vigorously prosecute serial child predator Jeffrey Epstein, Sec. Acosta abrogated his duty as a prosecutor and the chief federal law enforcement officer in South Florida. He must resign."
"If he made a mistake or a judgment call or something like that, does that affect the way he's doing his job now? I'm going to basically judge him on what job he's doing and how he's doing it," West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, one of eight Democrats to vote for Acosta,A federal judge ruled in February that the plea deal Acosta and his team offered Epstein, which resulted in a 13-month prison sentence and the ability to come and go for work, was illegal because it...
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