A U.S. Justice Department report has found former labour secretary Alex Acosta exercised "poor judgment" in handling an investigation when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. Former U.S. labour secretary Alex Acosta, seen here on July 16, 2019, was found to have exercised 'poor judgement' in his investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department's internal probe concluded that Acosta's "decision to resolve the federal investigation through the NPA constitutes poor judgment." "Letting a well-connected billionaire get away with child rape and international sex trafficking isn't 'poor judgment' — it is a disgusting failure. "Jeffrey Epstein should be rotting behind bars today, but the Justice Department failed Epstein's victims at every turn."

Source: CBC News November 12, 2020 19:41 UTC