Investigation into the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida's Resolution of Its 2006–2008 Federal Criminal Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein
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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.
Executive summary and account of Acosta's approval of the agreementTrump 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.
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DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility found that Acosta exercised poor judgment in resolving the Epstein investigation through the non-prosecution agreement and in failing to ensure victims were notified, but it found no professional misconduct and no evidence that corruption or other impermissible considerations drove the decision.
Executive summary and conclusionsTrump 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.
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In reviewing the Epstein non-prosecution agreement approved before Acosta joined Trump's Cabinet, DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility found that Acosta exercised poor judgment in resolving the federal investigation through the agreement and in failing to ensure victim notice, but found no professional misconduct and no evidence that corruption or other impermissible considerations drove his decision.
Executive summary and conclusions concerning AcostaDOJ review found poor judgment—not professional misconduct—in Acosta's Epstein resolution · OPR found poor judgment but no professional misconduct on November 12, 2020