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barrass Mr. Epsteil" I But records show ihat Reiter wrote Krischer on May 1 :- -- I wellbefor.e the case went to the grand jµry - suggesting that Ktischer "consider if good and sufficie•nt reason exists tb· require your disqi.rn,ll'ffcation from the prosecutionofthese ~ases/' Rather than flat-.out de

. On May 1, 2006, Town of Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote a “personal and confidential” letter to then Palm Beach County State Attorney, Barry Krischer, stating: I must renew my prior observation to you that I continue to find your office’s treatment of [the Epstein] cases highly unusual. It is regre

cient reason exists to requireyour disqualificationfrom theprosecution ofthese cases. (Emphasis supplied) 17. Chief Reiter’s letter to State Attorney Krischer enclosed the Town of Palm Beach Police Department’s probable cause affidavits charging Epstein and two of his assistants with multiple counts of unla

e Epstein with 'unlawful sex acts with a minor and' lewd,an:d.iasciyiousmolestation. Police Chief Mich~el R,eiter·was s.o angry with State Attorney Barry 'Kris\;:her's ha·ndling.of the case-that he. wro.te a meino suggesting .the county's top ptosecutot disqualify himself. "Jmµsturge you to examine the unusual

s crimes of unlawful sex acts with a minor and lewd and lascivious molestation. Police Chief Michael Reiter was so angry that he wrote State Attorney Barry Krischer a memo in May suggesting'he disqualify himself from the case. i https://wvzw.paimbeachclailynews.com/article/20060729/NEWS/190917573' 1/4 CA

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gation by Palm Beach police, who said Epstein paid five underage girls for massages and sometimes sex at his El Braila Way home. Then-State Attorney Barry Krischer declined to pros- ecute Epstein on multiple charges involving unlawful sex acts with minors. Instead, he brought the case to a grand jury, which cha

the case to a grand jury, which charged Epstein on the lesser charge of soliciting prostitution. Then-Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter wrote Krischer a letter asking him to remise himself from the case. When that didn't happen, Reiter requested an FBI investigation to determine if any federal laws

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search of his homeJm1(941 During the investigation, Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter publicly accused the Palm Beach County state prosecutor, Barry Krischer, of being too lenient and called for help from the FBIJ92] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) then became involved. Subsequently, the polic

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n and solicitation of a_ prostitute. He was booked at the Palm Beach County jail andlater released on a $3,000 bondsiselt91 )[19-5] State prosecutor Rrischer later convened a Palm Beach County tread jury which was usually only done in capital cases. Presented evidence from only two victims, the grand ju

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nsider Cz00d and sufficient reason exists to require your dis- qualification from the prose- cution of these cases,” Reiter wrote in a May 1 memo to Krischer. While not commenting specifically on the Epstein case, Mike Edmondson, spokesman for the state at- torney, said his office pre- sents cases ‘other

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PEARANCES: 13 ON BEHALF OF THE STATE: BARRY E. KRISCHER, ESQUIRE 14 State Attorney 401 North Dixie Hig

ired by law. • DOC may provide information to government officials who oversee public health or who are dealing with threats to public safety from mica& products, dices) gel, abuse, neglect, domestic violence and other crimes. • DOC will provide information in the form of substance abuse test resul

te’s 20 judicial circuits, headed by a State Attorney who is elected to a four-year term. Palm Beach County constitutes the 15th Judicial Circuit. Barry Krischer was the elected State Attorney for that circuit from 1992 until January 2009. During the period relevant to this Report, the Palm Beach County Sta

rney Barry Krischer explained to OPR that the Epstein case was unusual in that police brought the case to his office without having made an arrest. Krischer was unfamiliar with Epstein, and the case was assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit. PBPD Chief Michael Reiter stated in a 2009 civil depos

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PEARANCES: 13 ON BEHALF OF THE STATE: BARRY E. KRISCHER, ESQUIRE 14 State Attorney 401 North Dixie Hig

.CFAMB JEFFREY EPSTEIN ) 9 ' • PLEA CONFERENCE 10 11 PRESIDING: HONORABLE DEBORAH DALE PUCILLO 12 APPEARANCES: 13 ON BEHALF OF THE STATE: BARRY E. KRISCHER, ESQUIRE 14 State Attorney 401 North Dixie Highway 15 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 By: LANNA BELOHLAVEK, ESQUIRE 16 Assistant State Attorn

ired by law. • DOC may provide information to government officials who oversee public health or who are dealing with threats to public safety from mica& products, dices) gel, abuse, neglect, domestic violence and other crimes. • DOC will provide information in the form of substance abuse test resul