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The Labor Department appears in Epstein-related government oversight documents, particularly in contexts involving former Secretary Alexander Acosta, who was a central figure in the controversial non-prosecution agreement with Jeffrey Epstein.
The Labor Department's appearances are primarily in two distinct categories. High-signal mentions occur in government oversight documents (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT series) where the Department is discussed in relation to Alexander Acosta's tenure and decisions. The remaining appearances are low-signal, found in automated CNBC newsletter emails that mention the Department in routine economic reporting contexts completely unrelated to Epstein.
Key Highlights
- •Government oversight documents reference the Labor Department in connection with Alexander Acosta's controversial handling of the Epstein case
- •A Department spokesman is quoted in oversight documents defending decisions made during Acosta's leadership
- •The Department appears in multiple House Oversight Committee records, suggesting it was subject to scrutiny
- •Many mentions are incidental - in automated financial newsletters that happen to mention the Department's economic reports
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Document Mentions (14)
12132016-DN.pdf
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014498 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014515
Dec 13, 2016Source: House Oversight Committee
$294,349.15 in interest payments alone. The VI. Labor Department is in charge of administering unemploy- ment insu
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dallah Bin Ha- mad Al-Wohaibi 13, the Director of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Fi- nance, at Berger Aff. Ex.
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
hat neither he, nor his client, was told about the agreement. Acosta has not responded to the Herald’s repeated requests for comment. A spokesman at the Labor Department told the Washington Post last month: “The office’s decisions were approved by departmental leadership and followed departmental procedures.” In the
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
hat neither he, nor his client, was told about the agreement. Acosta has not responded to the Herald’s repeated requests for comment. A spokesman at the Labor Department told the Washington Post last month: “The office’s decisions were approved by departmental leadership and followed departmental procedures.” In the
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
hat neither he, nor his client, was told about the agreement. Acosta has not responded to the Herald’s repeated requests for comment. A spokesman at the Labor Department told the Washington Post last month: “The office’s decisions were approved by departmental leadership and followed departmental procedures.” In the
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1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022277 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022321
Sep 12, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
rights. Yet the Department of Labor adopted a notice requirement now codified at 29 CFR 516.4. Furthermore, the Board is unaware of any challenge to the Labor Department’s authority to promulgate or enforce the FLSA notice requirement, which has been in effect for over 60 years. See 14 FR 7516 (Dec. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
reignty, and support for Israel." (Emphasis added) Its leader, Penny Nance, has called for Acosta's resignation. Noting that labor trafficking, which the Labor Department combats, is often conjoined with sex trafficking, Nance says that President Trump would not have nominated Acosta if reports fully describing Acosta'
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
reignty, and support for Israel." (Emphasis added) Its leader, Penny Nance, has called for Acosta's resignation. Noting that labor trafficking, which the Labor Department combats, is often conjoined with sex trafficking, Nance says that President Trump would not have nominated Acosta if reports fully describing Acosta'
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
added) HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030983 --- PAGE BREAK --- Its leader, Penny Nance, has called for Acosta's resignation. Noting that labor trafficking, which the Labor Department combats, is often conjoined with sex trafficking, Nance says that President Trump would not have nominated Acosta if reports fully describing Acosta'
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r: #000000; line-height: 30px; min-width: 100%;"> The Labor Department this morning reported a <a href="https://link.cnb
rable to last week's 1 million claims because the Labor Department has changed how it seasonally adjusts the data. T
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m 79 models from 2016. (USA Today)BY THE NUMBERS The Labor Department's weekly report on initial jobless claims is releas
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2ddf9c241c61e6e0B909be3c1">economic calendar</a>, the Labor Department <a href="https://link.cnbc.com/click/16980338.237
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e it alone," he told his interviewers in the Trump transition, who evidently thought that was a sufficient answer and went ahead and hired Acosta. (The Labor Department had no comment when asked about this.) https://www.thedaily njeffre psteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight Assistant U.S. Attorney
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