President Donald Trump’s first-term labor secretary, Alex Acosta, told congressional investigators on Friday that he never saw the then-businessman’s name appear in any records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, according to a summary readout of his transcribed interview before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee .

Acosta, who served as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida when Epstein secured a controversial 2008 plea deal, also testified that he never personally met Epstein or his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. His appearance before lawmakers marked a rare voluntary interview, as most witnesses in the committee’s Epstein investigation have appeared under subpoena in recent weeks.

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