Alexander Acosta

Alexander Acosta was Miami’s top federal prosecutor who covered up the child sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein in 2007. Instead of pressing the massive charges to the fullest extense of the law and protecting more minors from Epstein's abuse, Acosta struck a deal with Jay Lefkowitz, letting Epstein off with a 13-month 'slap on the wrist' jail penalty. This was more of a cushy house arrest type of deal during which Epstein repeatedly flew to his infamous island in the Caribbean.

Acosta later said he offered a lenient plea deal because he was told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence", was "above his pay grade," and to "leave it alone". It was never made plain which country's intelligence Epstein "belonged to".

Immediately after Epstein's close friend Donald J. Trump came to power, he rewarded Acosta with a cabinet post as labor secretary.