Bloomberg Law
Feb. 22, 2019, 1:29 PM UTC

Wake Up Call: Acosta, Other Prosecutors Violated Law With 2008 Plea Deal, Fed Judge Rules

  • Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and other prosecutors violated the law when they gave a sweetheart 2008 plea deal to Miami hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein on teen sex trafficking charges, and then concealed that deal from some 30 alleged victims, a federal judge ruled yesterday. The ruling is likely to ramp up public criticism of Acosta, who was a Miami federal prosecutor in 2008. More recently, he’s said to have been a candidate to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, and to have federal judgeship ambitions. (BLAW)

  • A lawsuit that pits a regional grocery distributor against top Wall ...

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