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Once again, Chief Reite
took the extraordinary ste]
prosecutor's office.

Michael Reiter: July 2006

At the time, the federal
Florida was a Republican
Reiter recalls being presen
and remembers Acosta's de
be the prosecution, to the
who takes advantage of th
sex crimes. Disgusted with
recalls thinking he'd found ]

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n July 28, the grand jury reached a verdict that floored the Palm Beach PD.

The original plea deal that Krischer had offered to Epstein had been bad enough. Now the grand jury was recom- mending that Epstein be charged with just one felony count of solicitation of prostitution.

There was no mention of underage girls. The original accusation-four felony counts of unlawful sex acts with minors and one felony count of lewd and lascivious molestation-had simply evaporated.

It wasn't enough to send Epstein to prison.

Epstein was allowed to surrender on a Sunday, when no one would know he'd been arraigned. A few hours later, he was released on three thousand dollars bail.

The Palm Beach PD was not even notified.

In Acosta, the chief saw
from confronting a man w
connections.

But it turned out that Ac
Starr's high-powered multir
And while Acosta had a ster
clerking for future Supreme
only argued two cases before

At the time, Reiter did not one had to look much more se

Reiter's actions did not nece not in every corner of the co "I had individuals sugges the investigation and my ref was more horsepower than had other individuals sugge probably fits," Reiter said in ]

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