ZitatEmbattled Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned Friday morning amid the fallout over his handling of a sex trafficking case involving billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein.
“I called the president this morning and told him that I thought the right thing was to step aside,” Acosta said in a joint appearance with President Trump at the White House.
He said he didn’t want the Epstein case to distract from the Trump administration’s accomplishments, including the strong economy.
ZitatEmbattled Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned Friday morning amid the fallout over his handling of a sex trafficking case involving billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein.
“I called the president this morning and told him that I thought the right thing was to step aside,” Acosta said in a joint appearance with President Trump at the White House.
He said he didn’t want the Epstein case to distract from the Trump administration’s accomplishments, including the strong economy.