FILE PHOTO: U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta speaks at the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2019 legislative conference in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump backed Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Tuesday but said he would look into how Acosta handled financier Jeffrey Epstein's case during his tenure as a U.S. prosecutor in Florida.
"I can tell you that for two and a half years, he's been just an excellent secretary of labor. He's done a fantastic job," Trump told reporters at the White House.
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