President Donald Trump announced Acosta's exit on Friday, insisting that it was his decision to leave the administration.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned after being under renewed scrutiny for his role in a controversial 2008 plea deal with accused sex trafficker and business mogul Jeffrey Epstein.
"The goal here was straightforward," Acosta told reporters on Wednesday."Put Epstein behind bars, ensure he registered as a sexual offender, provide victims with a means to seek restitution, and protect the public by putting them on notice that a sexual predator was within their midst." The indictment states that Epstein paid hundreds of dollars to girls to have sex with him at his residences in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005. Federal agents said the billionaire kept a"vast trove" of lewd photographs of young women in his mansion in New York City. Epstein has pleaded not guilty to this latest round of charges.
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