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George W. Bush’s DOJ Drawn Into Epstein Sweetheart Deal Fallout (6/8/26)

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The new reporting centers on former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter, who launched the original mid-2000s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and says the case was undermined once federal prosecutors took control. According to the account, Reiter’s department had gathered evidence from roughly two dozen alleged victims and their families, only to see the matter drift toward the now-infamous 2007 secret plea negotiations led by then-U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. The key political connection is that Acosta’s office was operating under George W. Bush’s Department of Justice, and Reiter says Acosta told him that “Main Justice” in Washington was providing guidance while Epstein’s defense team was successfully stalling the case. That detail matters because it pushes scrutiny beyond Acosta alone and back toward DOJ leadership in Washington during the Bush administration, where the Epstein deal was being handled as more than a routine local prosecution. Epstein ultimately avoided federal sex-trafficking charges at the time and pleaded guilty in state court to solicitation-related charges, despite investigators having identified dozens of possible victims. The account also revisits the explosive claim that Acosta later told Trump transition officials he had been told Epstein “belonged to intelligence” and to leave the case alone, a statement that has long fueled questions about who protected Epstein, why the original case was buried, and how many people in power helped turn a sprawling abuse investigation into a sweetheart deal. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Explosive Report Drags President George W. Bush Into Jeffrey Epstein Scandal [https://www.thedailybeast.com/explosive-report-drags-president-george-w-bush-into-jeffrey-epstein-scandal/]

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