Hello and welcome to world news today. President trumps labor secretary, alex acosta, has announced his resignation. Hed come under pressure following the latest arrest of the billionaire financierjeffrey epstein. Mr acosta, who is the former us attorney for southern florida, agreed a plea deal with mr epstein in 2008, granting him immunity from federal prosecution. Earlier this week, the wealthy financier pleaded not guilty to new charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. The president has tried to distance himself from jeffrey epstein, saying he wasnt a fan. Mr trump has praised mr acosta as an excellent labour secretary. Mr acosta and President Trump spoke to the media earlier. Heres what they had to say. He was a great labour secretary. Not a good labour secretary. He has done a fantasticjob. He is a friend of everybody in the administration and i got a call this morning early from alex and i think he did a very good job yesterday under a lot of pressure, he did a fantasticjob
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