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TTERSON ‘or 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, yed to investigate and prosecute didn’t have too many facts early sut I knew that there were multi- sctives they were believable. So r. Epstein became aware of the +s contacted the state attorney's and I believe it was Mr. Dershow- ior of the discussions of this case completely. [At] one point he sug- tein] a notice to appear, which ior. 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 3 -e he could not objectively make 7 hat is why I wrote it. CHAPTER 46 Detective Recarey: May 2006 hief Reiter's letter to the state attorney had no perceptible 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- _ihey Daliah Weiss, who advised him that she had been taken off the Epstein case. Wei eiss had been the perfect person to prosecute Epstein. Asa j “a of the special victims unit, she focused on sex crimes an E crimes against children, prosecuting high-profile cases involv- a Tape, aggravated child abuse, and neglect. But Epstein had _ added another lawyer, a man named Jack Goldberger, and made Goldberger his attorney of record. | was friendly with Barry Krischer—and an asso- } late of Goldberger’s was married to Daliah Weiss. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010516