General Discussion

In 2007, Alex Acosta, who was then a U.S. attorney, oversaw a sweetheart plea deal that gave Epstein immunity from federal prosecution and allowed him to plead guilty to lesser state charges for sexually abusing young girls. "The indictment alleged that from at least 2002 to 2005, Epstein 'enticed and recruited' underage girls to his Manhattan mansion and his estate in Palm Beach, Fla., to engage in sex acts with him, after which he would pay the victims hundreds of dollars." In 2019 Trump defended Alex Acosta, his Labor Secretary at the time, for the outrageous Epstein plea agreement, and denied any significant ties between Epstein and himself. Epstein's (and Trump's alleged) crimes should have been fully investigated by Garland's DOJ during the four years he was AG.