Sec. Acosta defends his role in securing a plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein over a decade ago as Democrats demand his resignation.
Allan Smith and Dareh Gregorian
Acosta took to Twitter to defend his handling of the notorious case, and to praise federal prosecutors in New York for charging the financier on Monday with sex trafficking dozens of young girls — some as young as 14 — during the early 2000s. "With the evidence available more than a decade ago, federal prosecutors insisted that Epstein go to jail, register as a sex offender and put the world on notice that he was a sexual predator. Now that new evidence and additional testimony is available, the NY prosecution offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice."
"Since when do underage girl sex ring traffickers get to go to their office every day while they serve their time?" Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, a 2020 candidate, tweeted on Tuesday."I didn't vote for former Florida U.S. Attorney Acosta to begin with and he should step down."
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