Alexander Acosta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alexander Acosta

American lawyer and 27th United States Secretary of Labor

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1969

Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Alexander Acosta

  • Rene Alexander Acosta (born January 16, 1969) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 27th United States secretary of labor from 2017 to 2019.
  • President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Labor Secretary on February 16, 2017, and he was confirmed by the U.S.
  • Senate on April 27, 2017.
  • Acosta is the only Hispanic person to have served in President Trump's Cabinet.
  • A member of the Republican Party, he was appointed by President George W.
  • Bush to the National Labor Relations Board and later served as the assistant attorney general for civil rights and U.S.
  • attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
  • He is the former dean of Florida International University College of Law. In 2007–2008, as U.S.
  • attorney, Acosta approved a plea deal that required Jeffrey Epstein to plead guilty to a state charge of solicitation for the purposes of prostitution involving a 14-year-old girl, a deal which required he register as a sex offender and pay restitution to victims as part of a federal non-prosecution agreement.
  • The prosecutors had identified 36 victims of Epstein, most of them having no prior knowledge of the agreement and no opportunity to give input.
  • The deal has been the subject of long-term criticism by the Miami Herald and others due to its leniency and secrecy.
  • After Epstein's arrest in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges, Acosta faced renewed and harsher criticism for his role in the 2008 non-prosecution agreement, as well as calls for his resignation; he resigned on July 19 and was replaced by Eugene Scalia.

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