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President Donald J. Trump Nominates R. Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of Labor

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Trump White House Archives
Published
2017-02-16
Accessed
2026-09-03
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    Trump nominated Alexander Acosta to be labor secretary in February 2017 after Acosta, as U.S. attorney for Southern Florida, had approved the federal non-prosecution agreement with Epstein.

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    Trump put the prosecutor behind Epstein's extraordinary non-prosecution deal in the Cabinet · Acosta resigned in 2019; DOJ's 2020 review found poor judgment, not professional misconduct. · reviewed 2026-09-03