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ay) He? % TY “T HAD BEEN HEARING HAIR-RAISING STORIES about Jeffrey Epstein for a couple of years. Our interests could not have been more different, but Palm Beach, where we both live, is small and tightly knit, and we pecker oereeci rei rel eco ee DAT ee knew some of the same people. So I had followed Epstein’s case in the media and talked about it over veanvaprabstesaey os ct iz dinners with friends. I wondered why it had taken oe <r Hee so long for the Palm Beach police to catch up with ees ia eC esaetasa tee ‘vrs ra Epstein. And, once they did, why he had served so a oe ead little jail time. Those were the obvious questions, but ex brane oh reer: there were others: How had Epstein made his money, possibly billions? No one seemed to know. ) z GLAD See mel ) Epstein had powerful friends. Were his connec- tions the reason that Epstein was now a free man? ne a I wanted to know.’ iss *) ISBN 978-0-316-27405-0 78031 52 9 6 50 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022186