President Donald Trump’s first-term labor secretary, Alex Acosta, told congressional investigators on Friday that he never saw the then-businessman’s name appear in any records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to a summary readout of his transcribed interview before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Acosta, who served as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida when Epstein secured a controversial 2008 plea deal, also testified that he never personally met Epstein or his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. His appearance before lawmakers marked a rare voluntary interview, as most witnesses in the committee’s Epstein investigation have appeared under subpoena in recent weeks.
In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta listen during a meeting of the President’s National Council of the American Worker
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