F Once again, Chief Reite took the extraordinary ste prosecutor's office. At the time, the federal ; Florida was a Republican Reiter recalls being presen CHAPTER 48 and remembers Acosta’s dex be the prosecution, to the | ri who takes advantage of th 1 sex crimes. Disgusted with I recalls thinking he’d found | | In Acosta, the chief sa Michael Reiter: July 2006 | from confronting a i | connections. . 3 But it turned out that Ac n July 28, the grand jury reached a verdict that floored : 3 Starr’s high-powered multir ys Palm Beach PD. | __ And while Acosta had a ster The original plea deal that Krischer had offered to | 4 clerking for future Supreme Epstein had been bad enough. Now the grand jury was recom- i q only argued two cases befor mending that Epstein be charged with just one felony count of a 4 At the time, Reiter did not solicitation of prostitution. bs | _ one had to look much more se There was no mention of underage girls. The original accusation — four felony counts of unlawful sex acts with minors : q and one felony count of lewd and lascivious molestation—had ~ s q Reiter’s actions did not nece siren eset q ; hot in every corner of the coi It wasn’t enough to send Epstein to prison. ¢ 4 “I had individuals sugge: Epstein was allowed to surrender on a Sunday, when no one % _ the investigation and my ref would know he'd been arraigned. A few hours later, he was = q was more horsepower than released on three thousand dollars bail. q 4 had other individuals sugge The Palm Beach PD was not even notified. ’ | Probably fits,” Reiter said in ] 182 | ; q HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010523