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After the Epstein slap on the wrist deal, Acosta leaves to become Law Dean at FIU, before becoming Trump's Labor Secretary but then resigns in scandals regarding the 2008 Epstein Deal on July 12, 2019.
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How much of a role did Acosta's boss the Republican
FL Attorney General McCollum play in this
high profile Epstein case?
FL Attorney General McCollum play in this
high profile Epstein case?
GOOD that ACOSTA RESIGNED
BUT The Question is Who Approved Acosta's Deal on Epstein?
WHO WAS Above Acosta at the time?
Was it the FL ATTORNEY GENERAL 2008 McCollum thedailybeast.com/alex-acosta-tr…
BUT The Question is Who Approved Acosta's Deal on Epstein?
WHO WAS Above Acosta at the time?
Was it the FL ATTORNEY GENERAL 2008 McCollum thedailybeast.com/alex-acosta-tr…
Acosta's Background as U.S. Federal Attorney SDFL
On one case Acosta's Miami office was sanctioned
— "a violation that compelled a federal judge to impose $600,000 in sanctions against Acosta’s office, which were overturned on appeal."
On one case Acosta's Miami office was sanctioned
— "a violation that compelled a federal judge to impose $600,000 in sanctions against Acosta’s office, which were overturned on appeal."
2008 "In another sensitive case, Acosta’s office struggled with the prosecution of seven men dubbed the Liberty City Seven on charges of conspiring to provide “material support” to al Qaida. In the end, five were convicted after three trials, but two were acquitted."
"Yet another controversial case: In 2008, Acosta’s office made a confidential deal not to charge Epstein, a wealthy Palm Beach investor, with operating what was described by authorities as an international sex ring that recruited nearly three dozen underage girls for his and"
"others’ gratification. Instead, the case was handed to state prosecutors, who struck a plea deal with Epstein that put him in jail for only 13 months for soliciting minors for prostitution"
A year later, Acosta left the U.S. attorney’s office to become FIU’s law dean at age 40. He has been credited with raising the profile of the young law school, which has led the state in bar passage in each of the past three years.
He was hired for five years with an annual salary of $275,000 that was raised to $300,000 in 2014, when his appointment was extended for another five years, FIU records show. The labor secretary typically makes about $200,000 a year.
