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Alex Acosta update | Power Line
From: Robert Grusky
To: Steve Bannon
Date: December 6, 2018 at 3:52:15 PM EST
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/12/alex-acosta-update.ph Alex Acosta update Earlier this week, pedophile Jeffrey Epstein bought his way out of a lawsuit that would have given some of his victims the opportunity to testify about his predatory and criminal conduct. Victims never got that opportunity when Epstein faced criminal charges, because Alex Acosta — then the lead prosecutor, now the Secretary of Labor — let Epstein off with a ridiculously lenient sentence. Despite having committed hideous sex offenses with dozens of minors, Epstein received a sentence of 13 months in jail, during which he was often free during the day. Epstein’s decision to buy his out of the civil lawsuit, one that he had the nerve to initiate, benefits Acosta. The trial would have provided non-stop headlines, coupled with frequent references to the sweetheart deal Acosta gave him. As Randy Schultz puts it, the trial would have been the occasion for a long overdue public shaming of Acosta. Now, he avoids this consequence. But this doesn’t mean Acosta is out of the woods. He faces calls for his ouster from the Trump cabinet. Some calls are from the usual suspects. Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times has written a piece so obnoxious that it almost makes me want to see Acosta ride out the storm. But some conservatives are also advocating Acosta’s departure. Concerned Women for America 1s a stalwart conservative organization. It describes itself, accurately, as “focus[ed]"