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Reid Weingarten dismisse.d the fwoa..count indictment 011 sex trafficking charges as "essentially a qoa..over" of aHeg_ations that lMde<l Epstein in the Palm Beach County fail for 13 m·onths rri:ore; than. a decade ago, }Ioweve_r, unl*e in 2007 whentheri-So~tlJ.Fioriqa{J.S. Attorney Alex A,co;5ta agreed. tq s
—2008. 11. The investigation into Epstein’s sex crimes began more than fourteen years ago, when a 14-year-old girl’s stepmother reported to police in the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, that Epstein and others who worked for him arranged for her to give Epstein a “massage.” Epstein required the girl to strip, exposed himsel
himself, and masturbated while touching her. The girl was paid S300. Epstein was 52 years old at the time. 12. Following this initial report in 2005, the Town of Palm Beach Police, and later, in 2006, the FBI, investigated Epstein. Interviews under oath with five additional alleged victims and seventeen witnesses reveale
it to take the unprecedented step of presend.ng the e_vid~nc:e'. ;igiJcins,t Epsteh1 to a ,g_rMcl jll_ry, rather than-directly chargi'n:g him. Pa.Im Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter-was flirioµs_ with State Attorney'Barry Krischer,saying ina May 2006 le~tet that the prqsecutor sholJ}d d1squ;ilify him
made .his presence felt. Among his charitable donations, he gave $90,000 to the. ·PalmJ~e_ach Po Hee :Department and. $100,000 .to 8ailet Fiodda. InPalm Beach, he Jived in lllXllry. Three blatkMercedes<sat in his garage; alongside a green Harley-Davidson, His jet waited at ahangar at Palm Beach Internation
t 2, 2019 ·at:2:·30 PM (ED!TQIJ 'S N.QTE: This storyorigi11ally py~[isheq, iti-' The Palm Bead! Post,on]uly25, 2006) Billionaire money manager and Balm Beach part-time resident Jeffrey Epstein solidted or pr.ocured prostitutes three or more times between Aug; 1 and Oct. 31 of fa,st yea_r, according to an
OT A CERTIFIED COPY 11/11i2019 " After long probe, billionaire faces solicitation charge - liiews - The Palm Beach Post - West Palm Beach, FL from Palm B¢ac:h ?ariitc1,tiozy w9rkers, collectipg papers with nc11n~~ a_nd p_hone 'numbers, s_ex toys a11d %m~l~ ·hygiene produc:ts. One note stated that a fema
nse: ln: stx)ca:s:es Posted Aug 5, 2006 at 12:0l AM Updated O~t ~. 2Ql9 atl :3~PM (EDITOR'S NOTJ:: This_ stqry origino.lly pitbJi.s_h._e,fi11 The Palm Beath Post on Aug. 5; 2006). Even if Palm Beach money manager Jeffrey Epstein didn't kn9wth;i.t_ grrls wh_o poHc~ say gave, hi111 sexµaJ massage,s ~l hi
y .JCln~MusgrClv.e: Posted Sep 17, 2019 at 12:01 AM Updc;iteg 0Gt 1, 20l9 at 1 Q:51 AM (EDITOR'S N'PTE: This story originczlly pukl~she<J-frz J]w Palin Beach Poston March-20; 2010) A purloined journal that is said to contain the n:am:es· of "lrnndreds" qfvjc;tims of convic;ted se~ offender Jeffrey Epste
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which they had taken, to a grand.jury, two law enforcement sources s:iid, Epstein wa:s indfoted two years ago after an ii-:mon:th investigation by Palm 'Beach poiice, They received -a coro.plai.ntfrom arelad've of a 14-year,,,;old girl who had_ given_ Epstein a na_ked massage at hi_s _flve-pedroom, 7~2:34
in New York State court against Epstein “by a young woman who says he had sex with her when she was 16 and had sought his help becoming a model.” • “Palm Beacher Pleads In Sex Case” published on July 1, 2008, reporting that “Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty ... to felony solicitation ofprostitution and procuring a
ds Not Guilty to Sex Trafficking, Conspiracy Charges In Federal Court In Manhattan" published on July 9, 2019, reporting on Epstein's appearance in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in which he "pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of creating a vast network of girls as young as 14 th
ted the plea deal. In exchange for pleading guilty to charges of solicitation of prosti- tution and soliciting minors to en- gage in prostitution in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, Epstein was not charged with any federal counts. As part of the agreement, Epstein had to register as a sex of- fender and agree
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024270 →mment since 2007 when they negoti- ated a deal that allowed Epstein to escape federal charges — pros- ecutors filed hundreds of pages of documents in U.S. District Court, explaining what led to the now infamous non-prosecution agree- ment that has been decried as “a sweetheart deal.” Contrary to claims by attorneys
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024270 →to turn it into a goldmine,’ end of quote. Who is the Palm Beach billionaire referred to in that sentence?” Jd. at
Epstein became a convicted sex offender, he was not to have contact with any of his victims. During the course of his guilty pleas on June 30, 2008, Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge Deborah Dale Pucillo ordered Epstein “not to have any contact, direct or indirect” with any victims. She also expressly stated tha
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013336 →on behalf of his clients. These complaints are all public record and have not been attached, but are available in this Court’s files and the files of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. | 50. In addition to the complaints filed against Epstein in Florida, a female in New York, Ava Cordero, filed
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013338 →utor in his office to write a treatise for the judge in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade him to soften the stinging language in his order. Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Zloch copied Acosta on his order, noting, “The court is at a total loss as to why the Office of the United States Attorney for the S
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021740 →prosecutors had of ensuring that Epstein spent some time behind bars and was required to register as a sex offender. Epstein served 13 months in the Palm Beach County jail — but he was allowed to leave for up to 12 hours a day as part of a work release program not normally offered to convicted sex offenders.
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021748 →rms of possible sex trafficking, was Epstein’s relationship with Jean Luc Brunel, owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein, Maxwell, Brunel, Rodriguez, and Marcinkova “deliberately engaged in a patt
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022253 →igation of the legal wrangling that saved him from a long prison term and reports on the sordid details in part two of her exclusive exposé. Also: * Palm Beach’s police chief objected to Epstein’s “special treatment” and gave The Daily Beast an exclusive look at his nine-hour deposition about the investigation
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022254 →Entities connected to both Palm Beach and U.S. District Court

Jeffrey Epstein
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Ghislaine Maxwell
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George W. Bush
PERSONLeon Black
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United States
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Alan Dershowitz
PERSONJack Goldberger
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New York
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Donald Trump
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New York City
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Marc Rich
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Eric Holder
PERSONJane Doe
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Lesley Groff
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Bill Clinton
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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Department of Justice
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Bradley Edwards
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Prince Andrew
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