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CHAPTER 48 Michael Reiter: July 2006 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 4 would know he'd been arraigned. A few hours later, he wa5 = released on three thousand dollars bail. The Palm Beach PD was not even notified. 182 Once again, Chief Reite took the extraordinary ste prosecutor's office. At the time, the federal ; Florida was a Republican Reiter recalls being presen and remembers Acosta’s dec be the prosecution, to the who takes advantage of th sex crimes. Disgusted with I recalls thinking he’d found | 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 ste1 clerking for future Supreme only argued two cases befor At the time, Reiter did not one had to look much more se Reiter’s actions did not nece hot in every corner of the coi “I had individuals sugge: 4 the investigation and my ref 4 was more horsepower than ~ had other individuals sugge | Probably fits,” Reiter said in ] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010523