US Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is set to resign, APA reports citing Sputnik.
Earlier, following Sunday's arrest of billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein on charges of sex trafficking and abuse of minors, lawmakers urged Acosta to resign over his alleged lenient treatment of Epstein during plea-bargaining negotiations in 2008, while Acosta was serving as US Attorney for Southern Florida.
US Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta will be resigning from office, President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference at the White House, Acosta said he had "called the president this morning and told him that I thought the right thing was to step aside."
Criticism of Acosta began in late 2018, when the Miami Herald published a groundbreaking investigation accusing the official of treating convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein leniently.
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