The u. S. Department of labor. That would be inside the taxpayerfunded Briefing Room at the u. S. Department of labor. To talk about a sex offender from new york. Specifically, he was defending his role in an extraordinarily lenient plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein that he agreed to when he was u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of florida over a decade ago. Epstein, youll recall, was given immunity from federal prosecution. He had to serve 13 months in county jail while being allowed out for 12 hours a day six days a week. Epstein is now facing new charges of sex trafficking brought by the feds here in new york. His arrest on his private jet saturday night has refocused attention on acosta and now threatens his job in the cabinet. A source tells nbc news that acostas Public Defense of the florida deal today came at the president s request. In 2006 a grand jury convened by the state attorney, the District Attorney of palm beach county, reviewed the evidence and recommended a single
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