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Type: Book excerpt / evidence document
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Summary

This document is an excerpt from a book detailing the legal proceedings involving Jeffrey Epstein in July 2006, specifically focusing on the perspective of Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter. It describes the grand jury's decision to charge Epstein with a single count of solicitation, omitting charges related to minors, and notes the lack of notification to the police regarding his surrender and release on bail. The text also touches on Reiter's interactions with federal prosecutor Acosta.

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Timeline (3 events)

Grand jury verdict on July 28, 2006
Epstein's surrender and arraignment
Epstein's release on bail

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Key Quotes (4)

"O n July 28, the grand jury reached a verdict that floored the Palm Beach PD."
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"The original accusation—four felony counts of unlawful sex acts with minors and one felony count of lewd and lascivious molestation—had simply evaporated."
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"Epstein was allowed to surrender on a Sunday, when no one would know he’d been arraigned."
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"The Palm Beach PD was not even notified."
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Once again, Chief Reite
took the extraordinary ste
prosecutor’s office.
At the time, the federal p
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 K
recalls thinking he’d found l
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
CHAPTER 48
Michael Reiter: July 2006
O 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.
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 l
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