Should Trump Fire Accosta?
Acosta only approved the plea deal arranged by Robert Mueller. Granted, he shouldn’t have done it, but Mueller plays hardball and Acosta was probably afraid of him.
Supposedly, Mueller protected Epstein because Epstein gave him information for a financial case he was pursuing.
“Should Trump Fire Accosta?”
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HELL, YES.
Should Trump Fire Accosta?
Absolutely not
A key witness died, the state was pressuring him to drop the case entirely. However he didn’t want to give up and let Epstein go unscathed. The plea bargain was all he could get because the case was never going to trial anyways (would have been dropped, zero punishment for Epstein)
Acosta was the only good guy surrounded by snakes and thieves (politicians), but got what he could get so it wouldn’t have been totally dropped.
Dunno. US Attorneys are often overruled by AGs and that means he could have been told what to do by Eric the Red Holder. He’s done some good things in his career, and some dumb ones. He doesn’t seem to be a particularly good administrator.
Labor Sec. isn’t a spot I’d invest much political capital in, but see how the storm goes and if it makes sense to give him the boot, it wouldn’t be the worst thing.
Don’t fire Acosta. The ultimate decision of the matter was decided at a level well above his pay grade. Probably from the top. GWHB.