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On the recordJuly 9, 2019
Somehow Secretary Acosta managed 53 minutes of victim blaming, but he couldn't manage to say the two words we need to hear: I resign.
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Katherine Clark
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Katherine Clark criticizes Secretary Acosta for failing to take responsibility and resign after his handling of a case involving Jeffrey Epstein.

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