Trump Cabinet Member Cut Deal for Serial Sex Abuser

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, then a federal prosecutor, crafted a plea deal in 2007 for Jeffrey Epstein that was meant to conceal the sexual abuse of as many as 80 underage girls, the Miami Herald reports.

“Not only would Epstein serve just 13 months in the county jail, but the deal — called a non-prosecution agreement — essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were more victims and other powerful people who took part in Epstein’s sex crimes.”

“The pact required Epstein to plead guilty to two prostitution charges in state court. Epstein and four of his accomplices named in the agreement received immunity from all federal criminal charges. But even more unusual, the deal included wording that granted immunity to ‘any potential co-conspirators’’ who were also involved in Epstein’s crimes.”

“As part of the arrangement, Acosta agreed, despite a federal law to the contrary, that the deal would be kept from the victims.”