Acosta’s best defense, if true, is to name the boss who told him to go easy on Epstein. I’ve seen an article where he supposedly stated he was told to stand down and wind up the case by a higher up. The natural question is, “Who?”
Wouldn’t it be delicious if he could say “Mueller made me do it”, or “It was because of Brennan and the CIA that I was told to stand down?”
““Is the Epstein case going to cause a problem [for confirmation hearings]?” Acosta had been asked. Acosta had explained, breezily, apparently, that back in the day he’d had just one meeting on the Epstein case. He’d cut the non-prosecution deal with one of Epstein’s attorneys because he had “been told” to back off, that Epstein was above his pay grade. “I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone,” he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.)”
For what it’s worth...
Who was the FBI head during his original arrest and conviction?
Attorney General?
Who in DC allowed his original sentencing or plea bargain?