Video: Jeffrey Epstein was charged July 8 with sex trafficking crimes and pleaded not guilty. The Post’s Kimberly Kindy breaks down the charges and explains his ties to Donald Trump and more. (Video: Allie Caren/Photo: Osman Malik/The Washington Post)
It’s scandalous that more than a decade ago then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta gave a sweetheart deal to a known sexual predator.
Even more scandalous? That now as labor secretary, Acosta (among other Trump appointees) is overseeing policies that encourage and enable many more such predators today.
On Monday, multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was indicted on federal sex-trafficking charges in New York involving victims as young as 14.