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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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Book excerpt / legal exhibit
File Size:
2.18 MB
Summary
This document is an excerpt from James Patterson's book (likely 'Filthy Rich') stamped as a House Oversight exhibit. It details the account of Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter, who describes facing significant pressure from the local wealthy community and a specific 'prominent Palm Beach politician' to drop the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein (implied). Reiter recounts being told the victims were not believable due to their lifestyles and that investigating a 'Palm Beacher' was a mistake, but he refused to back down and referred the case to the FBI.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| James Patterson | Author |
Author of the book from which this page is taken.
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| Michael Reiter | Police Chief (Palm Beach) |
The primary subject speaking in the text; he describes being pressured to drop the investigation into Epstein.
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| Prominent Palm Beach politician | Politician |
Unnamed individual who pressured Reiter to stop the investigation, claiming the victims weren't believable.
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| State Attorney | Prosecutor |
Official whom Reiter asked to remove himself from the case.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Police Department |
The agency investigating the case, led by Reiter.
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| FBI |
Federal agency to whom Reiter referred the investigation.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
Unknown (during investigation)
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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The community where the investigation took place and where pressure was exerted on the Chief.
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Relationships (1)
Politician pressured Reiter to drop the case; Reiter warned him it could constitute a crime; they interacted in official capacities.
Key Quotes (4)
"The victims had lifestyles that don't make them—shouldn't make them believable to the police department."Source
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"I told him that those kinds of suggestions to me were improper and he should stop... That he had taken a couple of steps down the road toward something that could eventually constitute a crime."Source
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"hey, he's a Palm Beacher, why are you investigating a Palm Beacher?"Source
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Quote #3
"I had people that said it was an unfavorable career move for me to ask the state attorney to remove himself from the case and to refer it to the FBI."Source
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Full Extracted Text
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JAMES PATTERSON
"I had people in the community in Palm Beach who either made comments directly to me or to others who relayed them to me that I didn't need to take the tack in the investigation that we did, which is [to] completely investigate it and then refer it to the FBI after the state case was resolved," Reiter said in the deposition. "I had one individual who came to see me a couple of times about this."
According to the chief, the individual in question was a prominent Palm Beach politician.
"He said this wasn't necessary; this was a case that was really very minor," Reiter recalled. "The victims had lifestyles that don't make them—shouldn't make them believable to the police department."
"I told him that those kinds of suggestions to me were improper and he should stop," said Reiter. "That he had taken a couple of steps down the road toward something that could eventually constitute a crime. We talked several times. Early on it didn't end favorably. You know, this is an individual [whom] I had to interact with in my official capacity and in his official capacity as well."
The Palm Beach politician wasn't the only one to pressure the police chief. "I received comments from a variety of different viewpoints... in some cases I had people tell me, hey, he's a Palm Beacher, why are you investigating a Palm Beacher?" Reiter would say when deposed. "I had people that said it was an unfavorable career move for me to ask the state attorney to remove himself from the case and to refer it to the FBI.... I had plenty of people that told me that that was a mistake."
Reiter didn't back off. To have done so would have been a betrayal—not only of the victims but also of his vocation and the community he had sworn he would serve.
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FIL[THY RICH]
FIL[THY RICH]
"My responsibility was to [Palm]
Beach and preserve their con[fidence]
department for all," Reiter sai[d]
particularly under the crimin[al]
the nature of our system, be tr...
Beach and preserve their con[fidence]
department for all," Reiter sai[d]
particularly under the crimin[al]
the nature of our system, be tr...
But along with handing t[he]
attorney, Reiter took another
letters—on Palm Beach PD
victims in the case.
attorney, Reiter took another
letters—on Palm Beach PD
victims in the case.
He delivered the letters by
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