Alexander Acosta
Rene Alexander "Alex" Acosta is Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Labor.
Timeline
| 2007 | Alexander Acosta as a District Attorney works out a plea bargain with Billionaire pedophile and personal friend of Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, where Epstien would only spend 13 months in prison for raping dozens of young girls. lawnewz.com |
| 2017.01.11 | Former employees of Carl's Jr., Puzder's company, testified today on Capitol Hill, but not at Puzder's confirmation hearing. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) shot down the Democrat request to allow them to testify. m.motherjones.com (See also Andrew Puzder, Department of Labor, Jobs) "I honestly can’t think of anyone less qualified to enforce laws that are supposed to protect employees." |
| 2017.02.16 | Trump chooses R. Alexander Acosta, a Florida law school dean and former assistant attorney general, as his new nominee to head Department of Labor. nytimes.com (See also First 100 Days, Department of Labor) |
| 2017.02.16 | Trump pick for labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta, an apparently surprising choice due to his staunch defence of Muslims, is a stanchly conservative lawyer. theguardian.com (See also Department of Labor, First 100 Days) |