Alexander Acosta, the previous U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, arrived on Capitol Hill Friday morning to testify earlier than the Home Oversight Committee behind closed doorways.
Acosta, who served because the Labor Secretary throughout the first Trump administration, didn’t reply to a number of shouted questions as he walked into the committee room.
Acosta resigned his place on the Labor Division after greater than two years within the job amid controversy over his function within the 2008 plea cope with Epstein. On the time, he defended his decision, saying his aim “was easy” and included placing Epstein behind bars.
On this July 10, 2019, file photograph, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta speaks throughout a press convention on the Labor Division in Washington, D.C.
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With continued curiosity within the Epstein matter on Capitol Hill, Acosta now finds himself testifying at a closed-door deposition.
“We wish to know what went on throughout the prosecution, when many imagine that Epstein was awarded a sweetheart plea deal. So, we’ll ask numerous questions on this. That is going to be a reasonably hard-hitting deposition,” Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer mentioned forward of Acosta’s interview Friday.
Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer arrives previous to a Home Oversight Committee closed deposition about Former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s involvement within the Jeffrey Epstein case, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2025.
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Comer mentioned the committee may have “numerous questions” for Acosta.
“So in keeping with the victims and the survivors of Epstein, there was numerous warning in regards to the crimes that Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell had been committing. However but, it seems the federal government let the victims down, they usually did not, they did not prosecute. So, Acosta was a significant participant in that,” Comer claimed.
Comer mentioned the committee’s Epstein investigation is “very critical” and “fast paced.”
“The Trump administration is totally cooperating with us on this investigation. We will proceed to get extra paperwork in from the property unredacted, and we can reply some extra questions,” Comer added.
On this July 12, 2019, file photograph, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta stands with President Donald Trump whereas asserting his resignation to the media on the White Home in Washington, D.C.
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Earlier this month the committee launched tens of thousands of records related to Epstein, offered by the Division of Justice in response to a committee subpoena. A assessment of the paperwork launched by the committee signifies they largely encompass public courtroom filings and transcripts from Maxwell’s trial, beforehand launched flight logs from Epstein’s airplane, already public Bureau of Prisons communications the night time of Epstein’s loss of life and numerous different public courtroom papers from Epstein’s legal case in Florida.
