Trump’s labour secretary resigns amid Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal
Alexander Acosta, who Trump called ‘great’, resigned after his lenient sentence of Epstein, a friend of Trump, 10 years ago
12 July 2019 - 16:55
Washington — US President Donald Trump said on Friday that labour secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned, believing that he has become a distraction to the administration because of his handling of the sex abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago.
Acosta joined Trump on the White House lawn as Trump announced the resignation and Trump praised him as a “great, great” labour secretary...
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