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Pelosi adds her voice to those calling for Acosta’s resignation over earlier Epstein case
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday night became the highest-profile lawmaker to call for the resignation of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, citing his handling as a U.S. attorney of an earlier case against Jeffrey Epstein that resulted in a minimal sentence.
Pelosi’s call for Acosta to “step down” followed Monday’s indictment of the billionaire financier on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. The indictment renewed focus on a plea deal negotiated in 2007 that led to two felony solicitation charges and 13 months in county jail for Epstein at a time when he had been facing the possibility of life in prison.
“@SecretaryAcosta must step down,” Pelosi said in a tweet. “As US Attorney, he engaged in an unconscionable agreement w/ Jeffrey Epstein kept secret from courageous, young victims preventing them from seeking justice.”
“This was known by @POTUS when he appointed him to the cabinet,” Pelosi added, referring to President Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-adds-her-voice-to-those-calling-for-acostas-resignation-for-earlier-epstein-case/2019/07/09/aa497776-a231-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html?utm_term=.6e644ff12c1b
Alexander Acosta must go
Jeffrey Epstein, the hedge fund manager and self-proclaimed billionaire, was charged with sex trafficking on Monday in federal court, a crime similar if not identical to one for which he was allowed to enter a plea deal in Florida in 2008 and avoid serious jail time. In violation of the requirement to inform victims of such a settlement, prosecutors in the 2008 case — including Alexander Acosta, the current secretary of labor — hatched the deal in secrecy, tossing aside a 53-page indictment alleging that Epstein recruited underage girls and induced them to recruit others to engage in sex at his home in Florida.
I’m tempted to say that the Republican Party should join Pelosi because it wouldn’t want to be associated with an alleged child molester, but Trump already has (Alabama’s Moore). I’m tempted to say that the GOP should care about victimized minors; but its indifference to the plight of mistreated children detained at the border should disabuse you of that notion. I’m tempted to say that the GOP doesn’t want to be on the side of men who abuse women, but … well, you get the point. If Acosta doesn’t quit as Pelosi suggests, Democrats should pass a resolution in the House demanding Acosta’s resignation. If that doesn’t do it, commence impeachment hearings. It’ll be good practice. And let the Republicans defend the guy who cut a deal with a “monster.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/09/acosta-must-go/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.023243b1b1b3
ANONS! Are we tempted to point out the hypocrisy at the Washington Post? Are tempted to remind them that Slick Willy was involved?
They are attempting to ride the moral high ground, what a load of shit!