Labor Secretary Acosta Resigns amid Backlash over Handling of Epstein Sex-Abuse CaseNational Review, Jul 12, 2019
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta resigned Friday amid growing backlash over his handling of the 2008 sex-abuse case against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House Friday morning, Acosta said he offered to resign to spare the administration from any further distractions associated with the mounting scandal surrounding his prosecution of Epstein in 2008.
“I thought the right thing was to step aside,†Acosta said.
President Trump, standing next to Acosta, praised him as a “great labor secretary, not a good one.â€
The White House said Acosta’s deputy, Pattrick Pizzella, will take over as acting secretary of labor.
The announcement comes just two days after Acosta held a press conference to push back on the many critics in Congress and the media who have argued that he failed Epstein’s victims as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida by offering a non-prosecution agreement that required just a 13-month jail sentence.
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