president trump said acosta s resignation was not needed and assumed to be former labor secretary made the decision on his own. this was him, not me because i m with him, he was a he s a tremendous talent. there hasn t been ounce of controversy in the department of labor until this came up. acosta has been dogged by allegations he mishandled 2008 prosecutorial agreement jeffrey epstein, accused of abusing and trafficking young girls. i think secretary acosta did the right thing and the way he treated the young ladies and it s extremely unfortunate. the palm beach state attorney s office was ready to let jeffrey epstein walk free, nothing, we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein
provided at 75% federal funding. here is vice-president mike pence. people in new orleans and baton rouge, all across louisiana should just listen to state and local emergency management personnel and heed their warnings. we pray that this storm goes through without any loss of life or significant damage. all of our hearts are in louisiana. all of this as the president loses yet another member of his cabinet. this week, a number of democratic lawmakers called on labor secretary alex acosta to resign in light of allegations that he mishandled the 2008 non-prosecu non-prosecutal agreement. and the president said he did not think he needed to resign, but he has accepted his resignation. it would be selfish for me to stay in this position and continue talking about a case that s 12 years old rather than about the amazing economy we
sources. and what acosta said this week really doesn t hold up. and if you compare it to what he said in 2011, the letter he wrote in 2011 was all about how his own team couldn t sort of with stand the heat. which i ve never heard a prosecutor say. it was completely at odds with what he said yesterday. there s still a huge question mark. who is jeffrey epstein? absolutely. and i think that s something that s going to have to come out. we ll all be following this. behind it all, are all these girls who are faced with one of the biggest problems in this country that nobody talks about. thank you so much. got a treat for you on a friday night, david crosby, the real one. i don t have some guy with that name. this is the legend. his music part of a remarkable journey. we re going to talk about a new documentary and what it s like to be david crosby, next.
have right now. there is no need at all, as far as i m concerned. he s doing this not for himself. he s doing this for the administration. from 2005-2009, the outgoing secretary of labor served as the u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida and that s when he handled a case involving jeffrey epstein. epstein is behind bars in new york held on federal charges related to the sex trafficking of minors. prosecutors say between 2002 and 2005 epstein abused dozens of girls, some as young as 14. he has pled not guilty. a day before secretary acosta defended his actions in the 2008 case and indicated he would not resign. we did what we did because we wanted to see epstein go to jail. now, this time next week, the deputy secretary of labor, pat pa zella will step in as acting
acosta really gave that sweetheart deal has still not really been answered and there is a lot you know, i ve had meetings that suggest that maybe there was bribery of public official and is this would be back 2008 under the obama era, right? and i think no proof at this point. no proof. but that is something you think may be fueling the prosecution. and we know that acosta stepped down, but that could be simple politics. he s become a liability for this president. and as much as they talk about loyalty in this white house, it only moves one way. you cannot point to anybody who s been under fire in the white house and they re still around. jared and ivanka. the government hasn t been chasing them. acosta is a liability. you believe we re going to hear a further story about people who knew and helped at the time. yes. unquestionably. i have there are too many