The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, the Miami Heraldreported Wednesday.
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) requested the probe after the Herald published a bombshell three-part series titled "Perversion of Justice" detailing how Acosta cut a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein.
DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility "has now opened an investigation into allegations that Department attorneys may have committed professional misconduct in the manner in which the Epstein criminal matter was resolved," Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote in a letter to Sasse.