President Trump defended Labor Secretary Alex Acosta Tuesday but said he'd look "very carefully" into his handling of a 2008 plea deal with accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Why it matters: The wealthy financier now faces sex trafficking charges in New York. Democrats including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are demanding Acosta resign over the lenient deal reached in Epstein's earlier case, when he was serving as U.S. attorney in southern Florida.
“He's been just an excellent secretary of labor. He's done a fantastic job,” President Trump says of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta amid calls for Acosta to resign over his handling of a 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein pic.twitter.com/UWfLbmxrcJ
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