As a prosecutor, Trump's Labor Secretary gave rich pedophile a "sweet plea deal"
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/29/demands-trump-labor-secretary-resign-after-jaw-dropping-and-enraging-story-about
President Donald Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is rumored to be on the short list of possible attorney general nominees, but he is now facing demands to resign
immediately after an "incredibly disturbing" bombshell investigation by the Miami Herald on Wednesday revealed that—in his previous role as Miami's top prosecutor—Acosta "bent
over backwards" to give a sweetheart plea deal to billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
"Epstein could have ended up in federal prison for the rest of his life," the Herald noted. But, thanks to Acosta, "an extraordinary deal" was struck that "conceal[ed] the full extent of
Epstein's crimes" and allowed the billionaire hedge manager to skate by with just 13 months in county jail and a non-prosecution agreement.
"Court records reveal details of the negotiations and the role that Acosta would play in arranging the deal, which scuttled the federal probe into a possible international sex trafficking
operation," the Herald found. "Among other things, Acosta allowed Epstein's lawyers unusual freedoms in dictating the terms of the non-prosecution agreement."
Victims of Epstein—who has been a friend of a powerful political figures such as former President Bill Clinton and current President Donald Trump—"believe they've been silenced by a
criminal justice system that stubbornly fails to hold Epstein and other wealthy and powerful men accountable," the Herald notes.
"As soon as that deal was signed, they silenced my voice and the voices of all of Jeffrey Epstein's other victims," said Courtney Wild, who told the Herald she was first abused by
Epstein when she was 14.
Acosta's central role in shielding Epstein from punishment was immediately met with widespread fury and demands that he either step down or be impeached.
"It is horrifying that Acosta would be a member of good society again, let alone in the line of succession to the presidency," Jeff Hauser of the Center for Economic and Policy Research,
wrote on Twitter—a sentiment that was widely echoed in response to the Herald's explosive investigation.
The Miami Harald's expose on Acosta and Epstein is fucking ginormous.
Suddenly all that shit about 'pizzagate' is giving people whiplash from the violent swing from projection to hypocrisy.
Still trying to set precedent for Trump.
What a surprise that he would help out Trump's friend Jeff.
Isn't their evidence that Trump himself took a ride on Epstein's rumored pedo plane?
Bill Clinton too
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/
Epstein likes to tell people that he's a loner, a man who's never touched alcohol or drugs, and one whose nightlife is far from energetic. And yet if you talk to Donald Trump, a different Epstein emerges. "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,'' Trump booms from a speakerphone. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it -- Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
[Hmmm intensifies]
its Sam Raimi's retarded third brother.
I never hear anybody talk about the Trump-Epstein connection, but when historians are writing the book about this era, I hope we figure out exactly how many kids Trump has fucked
I hope the number is zero.
Fucked: 0
Fucked up: I dunno, hundreds?
By his actions as president? Billions.
that's a large number considering even assuming like 1/4th of the population is children that there are still only 2 billion
Doing nothing about climate change could affect future children as well so the number is feasible.
Wrong: there are no future children
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