"In 2017, Julie K. Brown, a journalist for the Miami Herald, was waiting to hear back about a job application at The Washington Post while watching in horror as the Senate confirmed Alex Acosta, nominated by Donald Trump, as secretary of labor. She knew all too well who this man was the former U.S. attorney in South Florida who, in 2008, agreed to bury the first trial against a multimillionaire named Jeffrey Epstein, accused of abusing dozens of minors at his Palm Beach mansion."
"She located around 80 victims, some of whom were only 13 years old when the financier assaulted them. The Post eventually called to say they weren't interested. Sometimes things happen for a reason, she recalls now. The series of reports she published ultimately derailed Acosta's career, led to Epstein being prosecuted a second time, and resulted in the conviction of his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison."
Alex Acosta, confirmed as secretary of labor in 2017, had as U.S. attorney negotiated a 2008 lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, who faced accusations from dozens of minors at his Palm Beach home. About 80 victims, some as young as 13, were later identified. Renewed investigative efforts prompted federal sex-trafficking charges in 2019, the prosecution and conviction of Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and political consequences for Acosta. Epstein died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial. Subsequent declassification and legislation sought the release of Department of Justice files related to the case.
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