Labor Secretary Acosta

"A Democratic group of lawmakers is calling for a Justice Department investigation into Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta after a scathing report revealed decade-old allegations that he granted an alleged serial pedophile the “deal of a lifetime’’ …"https://t.co/wn8On317aL

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 4, 2018

“Acosta's starring role in the Epstein mess means that he has no business heading up a Department with forced labor, child exploitation and human trafficking responsibilities," writes @LizMair https://t.co/63TOIH2xOu

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 4, 2018

I have been harping about this for days and still don’t know why none of these takes explore the fact that the Senate and the White House knew about this when Acosta was confirmed. It changes the dynamic immensely. https://t.co/bXIpJwwZjR

— Ian Kullgren (@IanKullgren) December 4, 2018

Miami Herald reporter @jkbjournalist says on @ReliableSources that she had to convince victims the Herald would actually publish the Acosta story, because they feared someone higher up at McClatchy would shut the story down.

— Rebecca Rainey (@RebeccaARainey) December 2, 2018

Trump labor secretary out of running for attorney general after report https://t.co/6N7S5zUakT

— Wendy Benjaminson (@wbenjaminson) November 29, 2018

Superb story about how Labor Secretary Alex Acosta let predator Jeffrey Epstein cut an unusual deal that even granted immunity to "any potential co-conspirators." The deal "essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were more victims." https://t.co/FD3jr8tAP2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 28, 2018