“We put him in jail, he registered as a sex offender, and the victims had an opportunity to recover. And that was a win,” Acosta told Oversight Committee members.
Alex Acosta claimed Jeffrey Epstein prosecution would have been a ‘crapshoot’ due to lack of victims cooperating
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October 17, 2025
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