Event Details
December 01, 2018
Description
34 senators and members of the House called for an investigation into Alexander Acosta's handling of the Epstein case.
Participants (4)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patty Murray | person | 12 | View Entity |
| other lawmakers | person | 0 | View Entity |
| Ben Sasse | person | 43 | View Entity |
| Marco Rubio | person | 23 | View Entity |
Source Documents (1)
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This newspaper article from December 8, 2018, reports that over two dozen U.S. lawmakers are demanding an investigation into Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta for his role as a former federal prosecutor in brokering a lenient 2008 plea deal for multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The call for a probe, spurred by a Miami Herald investigation, highlights how the deal granted Epstein immunity, hid the proceedings from his underage victims, and allowed him to serve only 13 months in jail.
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