{"id":101408,"date":"2019-07-12T15:56:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T13:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/07\/12\/trump-labor-secretary-alex-acosta-resigns-amid-epstein-plea-deal-scandal-live\/"},"modified":"2019-07-12T15:56:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T13:56:48","slug":"trump-labor-secretary-alex-acosta-resigns-amid-epstein-plea-deal-scandal-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=101408","title":{"rendered":"Trump labor secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid Epstein plea deal scandal \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acosta was under fire for having granted Jeffrey Epstein immunity from federal prosecution in 2008, following sex trafficking ring investigationSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.56pm BST Speaking next to Alexander Acosta, Donald Trump said Acosta was a \u201cgreat labor secretary not a good one,\u201d according to the White House pool. Trump also said he did a \u201cvery good job.\u201d In January, Trump said &#8220;I sort of like \u2018acting.\u2019 It gives me more flexibility.\u201d He now has a non-permanent\/acting:- Defense Secretary &#8211; Homeland Security Secretary- Labor Secretary- WH Chief of Staff https:\/\/t.co\/3NN3Sau830 2.44pm BST Alexander Acosta, the US labor secretary under fire for having granted Jeffrey Epstein immunity from federal prosecution in 2008, after the billionaire was investigated for having run a child sex trafficking ring, has resigned, according to the White House pool. The president told reporters Acosta called him this morning and that it was the secretary\u2019s decision. Related: &#8216;Acosta must go&#8217;: Democrats urge labor secretary to quit over Epstein plea deal Related: Trump labor secretary who cut Epstein deal plans to slash funds for sex trafficking victims Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2019\/jul\/12\/trump-news-today-live-house-hearing-family-separation-latest-us-politics-updates\" target=\"_blank\">Trump labor secretary Alex Acosta resigns amid Epstein plea deal scandal \u2013 live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acosta was under fire for having granted Jeffrey Epstein immunity from federal prosecution in 2008, following sex trafficking ring investigationSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.56pm BST Speaking next to Alexander Acosta, Donald Trump said Acosta was a \u201cgreat labor secretary not a good one,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}