Miami U.S. Attorney's Office Recuses Itself from Jeffrey Epstein Case; DOJ Probe Targets Former Trump Appointee Alexander Acosta

Miami U.S. Attorney's Office Recuses Itself from Jeffrey Epstein Case; DOJ Probe Targets Former Trump Appointee Alexander Acosta The passage reveals that the Miami U.S. Attorney's Office recused itself from the Epstein victims' rights case and that the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating former U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta for possible prosecutorial misconduct. It links high‑level officials (President Trump, AG nominee William Barr, Sen. Ben Sasse) to a controversial plea deal that granted immunity to Epstein and associates, providing concrete leads (names, offices, dates, and the pending reassignment to U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak). While many details are already public, the mention of an internal DOJ probe and the recusal create actionable investigative angles. Key insights: Miami federal prosecutors recused themselves from the Epstein victims' rights case in early March 2019.; The case was reassigned to U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak, a Trump‑appointed prosecutor in Atlanta.; Former Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, also a Trump‑appointed Labor Secretary, is under investigation by the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility for possible misconduct in the 2008 Epstein plea deal.