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Subject: Gail Collins on Epstein, Acosta and "everything that happens in this country winds up in the hands 
of New York prosecutors" 
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:56:38 +0000 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/opinion/acosta-epstein.html?searchResultPosition=17 
Trump Doesn't Know About Labor 
Thank God we've got so many inept cabinet members. 
By Gail Collins 
July 10, 2019 
So, did you enjoy the parade for the U.S. women's soccer team? People sure did seem happy. I believe this is partly 
because the players are terrific and partly because many Americans are desperate to think about something other than 
Donald Trump. 
And, good Lord, his crack team of cabinet members. On Wednesday, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta tried to hold back the 
outrage that's been building since people learned that, as a federal prosecutor in South Florida, he had brokered a very 
lenient punishment for Jeffrey Epstein, a rich guy who liked to have sex with underage girls. 
Explanation: It was a good deal. You know how this administration feels about good deals. 
"The Palm Beach state attorney's office was ready to let Epstein walk free," Acosta said in his calm, sort of toneless voice. 
"Our prosecutors ... presented the ultimatum." Which was that Epstein, who had molested a parade of teenagers, some 
only 14, had to serve at least a little jail time. The punishment Acosta wrangled with his alleged best possible efforts 
involved 13 months in prison, during which Epstein was free to spend most days at his office as long as he slept overnight 
in the clink. 
The victims had no idea that might be the end of the story. The case is now in the hands of federal prosecutors in New 
York who are going after Epstein on other sex-trafficking charges. (You may have noticed that over the last few years 
virtually everything that happens in this country winds up in the hands of New York prosecutors.) 
Do you think Acosta ever asked himself whether he…
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