R Kelly will walk
Always remember the Golden Rule.
it would be very interesting if Potus taxes cars from mexico
Ford dealership finds meth in tire as part of Mexico drug-smuggling investigation
https://globalnews.ca/news/5022203/meth-in-ford-tires/
Unwanted Surprise Inside New Ford Cars
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/sinaloa-cartel-unwanted-surprise-ford-cars/
Acosta pressed on plea deal in Florida sex trafficking case
WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta was confronted by Democratic lawmakers Wednesday over his decision as a federal prosecutor to sign off on a plea deal in a sex trafficking case involving multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
The exchange at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing marked the first time Acosta has been questioned publicly about the case since a judge ruled in February that the 2008 arrangement he oversaw as a U.S. attorney in South Florida had broken the law because his office failed to properly notify victims.
“You chose wealthy and well-connected people, child rapists, over the victims in this case,” said Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., who noted that “the hideous truth has come out” about Acosta’s role in the case.
Clark cited the Epstein case as she questioned Acosta on his department’s decision to propose cutting the budget for one of its divisions tasked with combating human trafficking from $68 million to $18.5 million.
Epstein’s plea agreement allowed him to instead plead guilty to two state felony solicitation charges, casting the victims as prostitutes. The deal led to a 13-month stay in county jail during which Epstein was allowed to leave custody six days a week, 12 hours a day, for work.
Acosta, 50, has received support from his boss, President Donald Trump, who in February called him a “fantastic labor secretary.” On Wednesday, Acosta argued that Epstein would have faced even lighter punishment had the plea deal not been struck.
“I understand the frustration,” he said. “I think it’s important for people to know he was going to get off with no jail time or restitution. It was the work of our office that resulted in him going to jail. It was the work of our office that resulted in him having to register as a sex offender.”
The deal has received renewed media and legal scrutiny in recent months. In February, Judge Kenneth Marra of the Federal District Court in West Palm Beach ruled that the failure by Acosta’s office to notify victims in advance of the deal prevented the victims from being able to exercise their legal right to object before the deal took effect. Marra has set a deadline of May 10 for attorneys for two victims, who filed the lawsuit that led to the ruling, and attorneys for Epstein to propose an alternative deal.
The ruling could ultimately nullify the plea deal.
https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190404/acosta-pressed-on-plea-deal-in-florida-sex-trafficking-case