(Zero Hedge) Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced his resignation on Friday after receiving harsh criticism for his role in brokering a 2008 plea deal with registered sex-offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. He will be replaced by Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella.
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by Staff Writer, July 12th, 2019
Alex Acosta informed me this morning that he felt the constant drumbeat of press about a prosecution which took place under his watch more than 12 years ago was bad for the Administration, which he so strongly believes in, and he graciously tendered his resignation….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2019
“I do not think it is right or fair to have me as the focus,” said Acosta, standing next to President Trump at a morning press conference, adding “I thought the right thing was to step aside.”
WATCH: Trump announces Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s resignation amid criticism of his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case https://t.co/PBmUT5rgSD
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) July 12, 2019
Alongside @POTUS on @WhiteHouse South Lawn, @SecretaryAcosta announces he’s leaving his job.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 12, 2019
President Trump said that Acosta was a “great labor secretary not a good one,” adding that he did a “very good job.”
Acosta held a press conference on Wednesday in which he suggested Epstein’s deal was the fault of Florida state prosecutors, or possibly the judge, or anyone else but him – and that Epstein would have walked free without the deal he was behind.
TWO DAYS AGO:
Reporter: What makes you so confident that Trump won’t fire you?
Acosta: “I serve at the pleasure of the president. If at some point he says, you’re not the right person for this right now, I respect that” pic.twitter.com/vOa0BNGvLU
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) July 12, 2019
Not true said former Palm Beach County state’s attorney, Barry Krischer – who said that Acosta abandoned a 53-page federal indictment “after secret negotiations between Mr. Epstein’s lawyers and Mr. Acosta,” according to The Hill.
READ IT HERE: Former Palm Beach (FL) State Atty Barry Krischer challenges Acosta’s characterization of why Acosta pursued a plea deal for Epstein: “I can emphatically state that Mr. Acosta’s recollection of this matter is completely wrong.” pic.twitter.com/0Drs4vetTO
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) July 10, 2019
While Epstein has allegedly victimized up to 60 girls, many of them underage according to the Miami Herald, his sweetheart deal for just two counts of solocitation of prostitution (one with a minor), and included working from his West Palm Beach office for as much as 12 hours a day for up to six days a week. He was also required to register as a sex offender, and was given immunity from federal prosecution.
WH officials initially viewed Alex Acosta’s performance earlier this week as stabilizing. But last night a senior WH official told us Sec. Acosta was “not out of the woods.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) July 12, 2019
Trump was stewing over Acosta’s fate yesterday as he and aides worried about revelations in Epstein case, I’m told. “There would just continue to be disclosures,” a senior official said. “There would be questions in this town and on the trail,” official added, referring to 2020.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) July 12, 2019
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