(JTA) — Alexander Acosta quit as U.S. secretary of labor amid debate over a plea deal he helped arrange for sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2008. President Donald Trump announced the resignation ...
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta argued in a news conference that his intervention in a 2008 sexual-abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein ensured Mr. Epstein got a tougher sentence than he ...
US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid criticism of his role in a 2008 plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in a child sex case. Mr Acosta, a former Florida prosecutor, made the ...
(Scalia succeeded Alex Acosta, who resigned as Labor secretary when a furor arose over the solicitous plea deal he had reached with child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 when he was a U.S ...
The Senate confirmed the last of President Trump’s nominees to lead major Cabinet departments on Thursday, approving Alexander Acosta as labor secretary in a 60-38 vote following months of White ...