FBI Director Kash Patel's own words came back to haunt him this weekend in the wake of a new release of files on deceased child abuser Jeffrey Epstein.After the DOJ released millions more Epstein files ahead of the weekend, political analysts and observers began circulating an earlier Patel quote th...
That’s kinda sorta what the chief of police in Palm Beach, Michael Reiter, did when he realized he was getting stonewalled by the county.
First, as was his job, Reiter took the case to the Palm Beach County State Attorney, Barry Krischer, who agreed Epstein would be a great case to prosecute – then suddenly got cold feet and refused to proceed. When Reiter asked Krischer to remove himself from the case and Krischer didn’t, Reiter went over his head and took it to the FBI. That’s when Alexander Acosta (Krischer’s counterpart at the federal level) stepped in to shut it down.
I don’t think people really understand what Reiter was risking to do that, and also later to help the victims with their own cases. Reiter has, of course, since retired.
I’m not a big fan of cops in general but Reiter and the two or three detectives he kept working on this, in spite of the overwhelming political pushback and even the moles in his own office, are absolute heroes.