House Oversight Committee To Interview Alex Acosta
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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| 0:53.3 | But first, brand new subpoenas for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:59.1 | The specific material wanted for review and the former federal prosecutor, Alex Acosta, |
| 1:05.2 | who arranged that sweetheart deal for Epstein, now scheduled for questioning. |
| 1:19.2 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tappen. We have some breaking news in our law and justice lead. |
| 1:25.2 | Reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and Gleene Maxwell, the House Oversight Committee |
| 1:29.3 | today announced that they will be interviewing former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta on September 19th. |
| 1:34.9 | Acosta, as you might remember, is the former Trump Labor Secretary who way back in 2007, |
| 1:40.4 | 2008 negotiated that sweetheart plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein. The committee is also |
| 1:45.2 | issuing a subpoena for the Epstein estate demanding to see NDAs, non-disclosure |
| 1:51.5 | agreements, and Epstein's last one testament, and that alleged birthday book, and |
| 1:55.5 | any potential list of clients involved in sex, sex acts, or sex trafficking. |
| 2:01.2 | All of this follows the Friday afternoon release by the Justice Department of a transcript |
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