Labor nominee Acosta cut deal with billionaire guilty in sex abuse case
Source: Washington Post
There was once a time before the investigations, before the sexual abuse conviction when rich and famous men loved to hang around with Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire money manager who loved to party.
They visited his mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. They flew on his jet to join him at his private estate on the Caribbean island of Little Saint James. They even joked about his taste in younger women.
President Trump called Epstein a terrific guy back in 2002, saying that hes a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.
Now, Trump is on the witness list in a Florida court battle over how federal prosecutors handled allegations that Epstein, 64, sexually abused more than 40 minor girls, most of them between the ages of 13 and 17. The lawsuit questions why Trumps nominee for labor secretary, former Miami U.S. attorney Alexander Acosta, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled to begin Wednesday, cut a non-prosecution deal with Epstein a decade ago rather than pursuing a federal indictment that Acostas staff had advocated.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/labor-nominee-acosta-cut-deal-with-billionaire-in-sex-abuse-case-involving-40-underage-girls/2017/03/21/d33271a8-0d85-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html
safeinOhio
(32,714 posts)voted for trump.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)This could blow up in a lot of people's faces.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Could not happen to a more deserving group of sleazebags, starting with the sleazebag in chief the Orange Pumpkinhead.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)I seriously hate them.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)Trump is an unindicted accomplice in the Esptein case, and is anxious to reward anyone who helps get Epstein off the hook.