I don't think WAPO can be trusted at all as we know they are operated by CIA. I read some other articles about him and think that they are doing what the elite media always do, painting someone else as guilty of what they or those they are trying to protect are doing or have done. NYT article is much more favorable: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/alexander-acosta-labor-secretary-trump.html?_r=0 Opinion piece from The Hill: http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/322583-senate-should-move-swiftly-to-confirm-acosta-as-labor-secretary This article explains that Acosta may have not had any choice when it comes to Epstein. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/03/25/jeffrey-epstein-how-the-billionaire-pedophile-got-off-easy.html