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Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid pressure from Jeffrey Epstein sex traffic case
cnbc ^ | 7/12/2-19 | Kevin Breuninger Valerie BLock

Posted on 07/12/2019 6:48:11 AM PDT by RummyChick

Labor Secretary Alex Acosta said Friday he will resign amid controversy over the way he handled a sex crimes case against wealthy businessman Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago when he was U.S. attorney for southern Florida.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 1; acosta; alexacosta; epstein; resignation; tary; trumpdol
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To: Reno89519

I will agree with on the work permit issues, but that falls on Trump to set the policy. I can’t imagine Stephen Miller supporting those policies. Trump must be placating the corporations.


81 posted on 07/12/2019 10:08:26 AM PDT by kabar
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To: gaijin

Holy Shiite. Can I see a link for that? Haven’t heard it. I’m just starting the trafficked book, it’s probably going to be in there...


82 posted on 07/12/2019 10:11:19 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: RummyChick

I don’t know a thing about Acosta.

But I know one thing-he should never, ever, ever have resigned.

Period.

He is gone? Notch the belt, and move one up, or one down, begin the attack.

This is the Left at work. It is what they do.

Unless someone can PROVE he was complicit (which they would never be able to do) he and his boss should have given them a giant middle finger.


83 posted on 07/12/2019 10:11:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: cowboyusa

Acosta was a Democrat I think..


84 posted on 07/12/2019 10:12:23 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: kabar

Yep. And some dim bulbs, even here on FR don’t get it.


85 posted on 07/12/2019 10:12:44 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Lisbon1940

The end of Yom Kippur is Celebrated with a bit of a feast.


86 posted on 07/12/2019 10:12:59 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Disestablishmentarian

One additional fact I learned from the Acosta press conference was the early involvement of DOJ in DC. A DOJ representative flew down to participate in one of the first meetings chaired by Acosta to plan a strategy on how to proceed. That direct involvement of DOJ continued all the way thru the process. Acosta adhered to DOJ policy including the decision on not notifying the victims about the deal.


87 posted on 07/12/2019 10:15:15 AM PDT by kabar
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To: bankwalker

That post HAD to be sarc. Nobody but nobody is really that dang dumb enough to think CF should head up anything higher than dog catcher!


88 posted on 07/12/2019 10:17:16 AM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: RummyChick

After watching his press conference I didn’t think he did anything any other prosecutor wouldn’t have done. Those who paint these as black and white choices are just naive. Every prosecution carries a risk that the perp may walk and when he’s a billionaire who can afford the best lawyers on the planet, we’ve all seen that movie before.

So Acosta forced the DA to go after a plea that required jail time (albeit cushy), registration as a sex offender, and restitution to victims. That’s not all Epstein deserved but maybe in FL nearly 20 years ago it was all we could have hoped for.

It’s a new day, “me too” prevails and there’s a new sheriff in town. Maybe what Acosta did in the end will be a key step in not only putting Epstein away for life but in learning a lot more about who was involved with this crap.

I want to see feds marching out of Pedo Island’s underground tunnels with boxes of evidence, that’s what I want to see...


89 posted on 07/12/2019 10:17:56 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Carly Fiorina could be a good Secretary of Labor.”

For Clinton.


90 posted on 07/12/2019 10:49:21 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: RummyChick

If Acosta hadn’t got the sentence he got where he had to register as a sex offender he’d still be flying around with Clinton and others and this would be crazy conspiracy theory against a rich connected Dem.

He’d have beat the rap in a trial.

That said, I think revolving door cabinet secretaries is a good thing.


91 posted on 07/12/2019 10:55:40 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“I read that he was allowed to stay at his home 6 days a week for his “prison time”.”

Not exactly, he was on work release six days. That was the local Democrat decision.


92 posted on 07/12/2019 11:01:22 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: kabar

“is worth remembering that the Florida state grand jury came back with only one count against Epstein who had the best legal team money can buy.”

He would have beat the rap if they’d gone after him big time.

They got him as a sex offender.

The question is, what was the Obama DoJ doing to follow up and get him?

Nothing.


93 posted on 07/12/2019 11:07:26 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: kabar

Yes, but my question is why did he not inform the victims of the deal, which he was required to do so legally?


94 posted on 07/12/2019 11:37:37 AM PDT by Engedi (ui)
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To: ifinnegan

The Obama DOJ had no interest given the vulnerability of the Clintons and other Dems. It was bad enough that Acosta got a plea deal. Being a registered sex offender didn’t do much to slow down Epstein and his associations. The big question for me is why now the renewed interest.


95 posted on 07/12/2019 11:43:02 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Engedi

Acosta said it was not DOJ policy at the time. It was subsequently changed.


96 posted on 07/12/2019 11:45:23 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

Ok thank you.


97 posted on 07/12/2019 11:48:42 AM PDT by Engedi (ui)
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To: kabar

“The Obama DOJ had no interest given the vulnerability of the Clintons and other Dems.”

I think that’s a given.


98 posted on 07/12/2019 11:56:30 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Engedi

If you have not viewed the Acosta press conference, you should. It infuriates me when I see the TV pundits repeat absolute falsehoods and claim they saw the presser. The coverage by the MSM, including Fox, has been horrible.


99 posted on 07/12/2019 12:01:03 PM PDT by kabar
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To: RummyChick
IF, IF, IF... the men who raped children on Epstein's plane were Republicans - AND the prosecutor was a Democrat, the slugs in the press would be outraged about the men who raped children.

But since the press is a corrupt bunch of sluts and hypocrites - they CARE about the prosecutor "not getting a good enough 'deal'" and the same press gives a pass to the men who raped the children.

Why?

Because the men who flew on Epstein's plane (the plane with a queen size bed on it) were ALL powerful democrats...yes, the men who raped children were powerful democrat - every damn one of 'em. And the press gives the rapists passes.

Is that sick or what?

THERE WAS NEVER ONE REPUBLICAN ON THAT PLANE. AND THE PRESS - Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, Morning Joe, and CHUCK TODD INCLUDED - SUCK. Suck for handing out passes to child rapists because they have a D by their names.

100 posted on 07/12/2019 12:21:25 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC Bimbos & Pretentious men: EVERY CHILD RAPIST on Epstein's plane was a powerful democrat...)
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