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U.S. News & World Report: Alexander Acosta Still an Unknown Walking Into Labor Confirmation
“Anyone willing to look beyond Mr. Acosta’s Wikipedia page would see that he is a controversial figure whose mismanagement of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division led to scandal and a years-long investigation,” Karl Frisch, executive director of progressive advocacy group Allied Progress, said in a statement last month. “Simply put: the last time Alexander Acosta managed a division of a federal agency, it ended in scandal and now President Trump wants him to manage an entire federal agency.”
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Pensions & Investments: SEC, DOL Nominees Disclose Holdings
Mr. Clayton’s professional connections with Wall Street prompted several progressive groups, including Public Citizen and Allied Progress, to oppose his nomination and to ask members of the Senate Banking Committee — who will consider his confirmation March 23 — to demand a more comprehensive list of all current and former clients, both domestic and international.
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Legal Reader: Trump Nominates Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary
The accusations which have been leveled against Acosta by groups such as Allied Progress are tame in contrast. Spokesman Karl Frisch damned the Miami native as “wholly unqualified.”
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Lancaster Independent News: Trump’s Second Pick for Labor Differs More in Style Than Policy
The Hill reports that Allied Progress Executive Director Karl Frisch released a statement saying, “We understand that the President is still reeling from his last failed Labor nomination, but that doesn’t mean he should nominate someone who is wholly unqualified for the job”.
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Equipment World: Alexander Acosta Is President Trump’s New Nomination for Secretary of Labor
Allied Progress Executive Director Karl Frisch released a statement saying, “We understand that the President is still reeling from his last failed Labor nomination, but that doesn’t mean he should nominate someone who is wholly unqualified for the job. Americans deserve a Secretary of Labor who will fight for workplace safety, fair wages, and the rights of working families. It’s clear Mr. Acosta is not that person.”
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Trump and the “Terrific” Billionaire That His New Labor Nominee Went Soft on in a Sex Case Involving “Underage Girls”
Another vetting failure. You won’t believe this story.
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Reuters: Trump Taps Ex-labor Board Member Acosta to Be Labor Secretary
Some progressive groups were already responding negatively to the Acosta appointment, with Allied Progress alleging he had mismanaged the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division when he ran it.
In 2008, an internal Justice Department report faulted Acosta for failing to rein in a staffer who engaged in improper politicized hiring.
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Reuters: Trump Chooses Acosta as Next Labor Secretary
Some progressive groups were already responding negatively to the Acosta appointment, with Allied Progress alleging he had mismanaged the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division when he ran it.
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The Hill: Trump Unveils New Pick to Head Labor Department
In a statement, Allied Progress Executive Director Karl Frisch called Acosta “wholly unqualified for the job.”
“We understand that the President is still reeling from his last failed Labor nomination, but that doesn’t mean he should nominate someone who is wholly unqualified for the job,” he said.
“Americans deserve a Secretary of Labor who will fight for workplace safety, fair wages, and the rights of working families. It’s clear Mr. Acosta is not that person.”
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Trump Now 0-2 in Vetting of Labor Nominees, Picks Alexander Acosta
Less than 18 hours after fast food CEO Andy Puzder backed out, president nominates scandal plagued Bush-era lawyer.