Left Off Comer’s Subpoena List: Trump’s Former Labor Secretary Who Gave Epstein Infamous Sweetheart Deal

Axios reports:

President Trump’s former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta was not one of the former government officials subpoenaed Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee over the Jeffrey Epstein probe.

As a federal prosecutor in 2008, Acosta approved a highly controversial non-prosecution agreement that allowed Epstein to serve minimal time in prison and shut down the federal investigation into his alleged sex trafficking ring.

The sweetheart plea deal, which Acosta negotiated without consulting Epstein’s victims, also shielded his alleged co-conspirators from future prosecution related to his sex crimes. Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales, who was included in the subpoena list, was Acosta’s boss during his time in South Florida.

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