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for it; this is an adult male in his act with children of the ages of somebody who we have to stop. aid, in the state attorney's office, ed to investigate and prosecute didn't have too many facts early but I knew that there were multi- ectives they were believable. So r. Epstein became aware of the rs contacted the state attorney's

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and I believe it was Mr. Dershow- 1or of the discussions of this case completely. [At] one point he sug- tein] a notice to appear, which 1or. He just completely changed versation about this[-when] he frey Epstein-till when he had tein's reputation and his wealth, unusual.

or knew him very well, the state e he could not objectively make hat is why I wrote it.

## Detective Recarey: May 2006

hief Reiter's letter to the state attorney had no perceptible C effect. Krischer did not recuse himself from the case. No arrest warrant was issued. And on the afternoon of May 3, Detec- tive Recarey received a telephone call from assistant state attor- ney Daliah Weiss, who advised him that she had been taken off the Epstein case.

Weiss had been the perfect person to prosecute Epstein. As a member of the special victims unit, she focused on sex crimes and crimes against children, prosecuting high-profile cases involv- ing rape, aggravated child abuse, and neglect. But Epstein had added another lawyer, a man named Jack Goldberger, and made Goldberger his attorney of record.

Goldberger was friendly with Barry Krischer-and an asso- ciate of Goldberger's was married to Daliah Weiss.

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