Spokesperson for former President Clinton statement on Jeffrey Epstein.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to resign because of his role as then-U.S. attorney in securing a plea deal that was criticized as lenient with politically connected sex offender Jeffrey Epstein more than 10 years ago.Monday night, the latest Democrat to demand he quit."As US Attorney, he engaged in an unconscionable agreement w/Jeffrey Epstein kept secret from courageous, young victims preventing them from seeking justice.
Acosta served as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida at the time. His office reached ain 2008 with Epstein, a rich financier, to halt a federal sex abuse investigation involving dozens of teenage girls in return for him pleading guilty to state charges that allowed him to dodge more serious charges by federal authorities and a potential life sentence.
Acosta's office said he is not considering stepping down. The White House has not responded to requests for comment.in April that Epstein had to go to jail as part of the agreement. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and other Democrats also have said Acosta must go. This week, Epstein was arrested and charged in the Southern District of New York with sex trafficking girls as young as 14. The 2008 agreement with Acosta's office did not protect Epstein from being prosecuted for alleged crimes in parts of the country other than South Florida.In February, a federal judge ruled that the Florida prosecutors led by Acosta had violated federal law by failing to notify the accusers of the agreement.
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