FILE PHOTO: U.S. Labor Secretary Alex Acosta stands on the South Lawn of the White House after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Acosta's resignation before the president departed for travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Washington, U.S., July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An internal Justice Department investigation has concluded that former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta exercised "poor judgment" by allowing financier Jeffrey Epstein to enter a non-prosecution agreement over alleged sex crimes, but cleared him and other prosecutors of any professional misconduct in their handling of the case.
In a statement, the Justice Department said that when Acosta let Epstein enter a non-prosecution agreement in 2008 that spared him from federal sex trafficking charges, he "failed to make certain that the state of Florida intended to and would notify victims identified through the federal investigation about the state plea hearing."
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