Epstein sex trafficking charges could shine light on Clinton, Trump. Time for bipartisan revulsion.

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In 2002, around the same time Epstein allegedly was flying a plane that was nicknamed “the Lolita Express” to his private island and trafficking teenage girls, Trump described his friend as a “terrific guy.”

The future president told New York Magazine: “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

Who helped Epstein land the secret nonprosecution agreement that gave him a mere slap on the wrist? It was Alexander Acosta, then the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

Where is Acosta now? He’s President Trump’s labor secretary, running the federal department that oversees human trafficking laws.