The former US Attorney from southern Florida who negotiated a controversial plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee as the panel continues its probe into the late convicted sex offender.
Alexander Acosta, the former US Attorney in Miami, is expected to appear voluntarily on Friday behind closed doors to speak with both Democrats and Republicans.
“This Acosta deposition is a big deal, and I expect him to have a very challenging, probably six-hour deposition,” House Oversight Chair James Comer said ahead of the interview.
Acosta, who also served as former President Donald Trump’s secretary of the Department of Labor during his first term, resigned in 2019 amid renewed scrutiny over the plea deal he had negotiated with Epstein a decade before.
Epstein, a well-connected multi-millionaire, avoided a federal trial at the time of the plea deal and served just 13 months in prison for state prostitution charges over his involvement with underage girls. A Miami Herald investigation described the plea deal, negotiated by Acosta, as the “deal of a lifetime.”
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