Epstein Secrets

tt Zapotosky and Halley Fuchs) 2. Federal prosecutors are fighting efforts to throw out the lenient non-prosecution agreement that Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, as a prosecutor, offered to alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department told a federal judge that Epstein's alleged victims, wh

-prosecution agreement that Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, as a prosecutor, offered to alleged sex traffic

en collected in error. The agency said its purged the records in what was the second instance of "over-collection" recorded by the NSA last year. (Ellen Nakashima) 4. A new Alabama law severs the parental rights of those convicted of first-degree rape. The ability of convicted rapists in the state to seek cu

the 20o Trump agreed to leave there last year. EFTA00162647 The Justice Department's internal disciplinary arm concluded that then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta exhibited "poor judgement" but not "professional misconduct" when he approved a generous deal for Jeffrey Epstein to resolve allegations that he m

proved a generous deal for Jeffrey Epstein to resolve allegations that he molested dozens of girls years ago. The investigation's summary chastised Acosta, who went on to serve as Trump's labor secretary before resigning amid uproar over his involvement in the Epstein case, and acknowledged that Epste

n McEntee, has recently intensified efforts to purge appointees who have failed to demonstrate sufficient fealty to the president," Nick Miroff and Ellen Nakashima report. "The latest removals came as DHS's top cybersecurity official, Christopher Krebs, told colleagues he, too, expected to be fired by the Whit

was `engaged' before pointing out that (Treasury Secretary) Mnuchin was the lead negotiator on behalf of the administration in the fiscal talks." Alexander Acosta's resignation is the most recent illustration of Mulvaney's power: "Weeks after he was named acting White House chief of staff, Mulvaney summoned th

ulvaney summoned the labor secretary for a tense January encounter that became known inside the West Wing as `the woodshed meeting.' Mulvaney told Acosta in blunt terms that the White House believed he was dragging his feet on regulation rollbacks desired by business interests and that Page 17956 E

ncerns about Trump's use of unsecured communications, against the advice of aides and breaking with longstanding practice. Paul Sonne, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg report: "Trump has routinely communicated with [Giuliani] and other individuals speaking on cellphones vulnerable to monitoring by Russia