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Handling of Jeffrey Epstein case

Barry Krischer's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case as Palm Beach County State Attorney, resulting in a lenient sentence

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Feb 1, 2026

How did Krischer justify declining state-level charges against Epstein in 2007?

, then County state attorney, justified the limited 2007 state-level outcome in the matter by pointing to the evidence the local grand jury returned—a single solicitation charge—and the parallel that ...

Jan 24, 2026

Were there procedural or policy failures at Palm Beach PD that affected the 2005 handling of Epstein allegations?

The Police Department launched a detailed 13‑month probe in 2005 after a stepmother reported that her 14‑year‑old had been molested at ’s Palm Beach home, and investigators gathered corroborating witn...