Scalia, who is the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, previously worked as the top lawyer at the Labor Department during the George W. Bush administration, a job he received through a recess appointment. The previous Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, resigned last week amid the fallout over a plea deal he oversaw involving wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender charged with human trafficking girls as young as 14. | |
News Alert Thursday, July 18 |
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| | President Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia, son of late Supreme Court justice, as Labor secretary | Scalia, who is the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, previously worked as the top lawyer at the Labor Department during the George W. Bush administration, a job he received through a recess appointment. The previous Labor secretary, Alex Acosta, resigned last week amid the fallout over a plea deal he oversaw involving wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender charged with human trafficking girls as young as 14. | |
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