Bush admin implicated in bombshell claim on Epstein's 'secret' plea deal: report
Source: Raw Story
June 7, 2026 2:18PM ET
The Bush administrations Justice Department (DOJ) may have played a key role in the unprecedented and secret plea deal offered to Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, according to an explosive report from the Miami Herald.
The Heralds Julie K. Brown, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose reporting helped lead to Epsteins arrest in 2019, spoke with former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter over the course of several months, and on Saturday, had a profile on the veteran law enforcement official published in the Herald that included previously unreported details.
Reiter had initiated the first criminal probe into Epsteins illegal conduct in the mid-2000s, later working in tandem with federal law enforcement.
However, after gathering evidence and interviewing two dozen tearful girls and their parents over the course of 11 months, he was then stonewalled by state prosecutors and attacked in the media, and later, ostracized by federal prosecutors, who took over the case in early 2007, the Heralds report reads.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2677009054/
Link to Miami Herald REPORT - Exclusive: The Palm Beach cop who Jeffrey Epstein couldnt stop
Ponietz
(4,501 posts)Here we go!
blm
(114,803 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,604 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 7, 2026, 06:07 PM - Edit history (1)
It's been known from Day 1 that they did. The sweetheart deal happened while Bush was President, and the US Attorney who approved it was blatant partisan Republican Alex Acosta. Acosta's boss (US Attorney General) was Bush appointee Michael Mukasey. Of course Mukasey had to know that Acosta offerred Epstein the deal and approved it.
Ponietz
(4,501 posts)sop
(19,621 posts)Shocking stuff. It's clear Epstein's had extensive connections at the highest levels of government running interference for him. What a cesspool of corruption.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,680 posts)It was the Federal government.
'Cesspool' indeed.
generalbetrayus
(2,023 posts)was President. More fuel for the fire.
yellow dahlia
(6,677 posts)FakeNoose
(42,714 posts)Someone from the DoJ came to him and told him to drop the (local) case on Epstein because he had contacts with the CIA and Mossad. Supposedly the stuff Epstein was involved in were spy network stings and the local law enforcement had to leave him alone.
So Reiter turned his evidence over to someone in DoJ and it became Alex Acosta's problem. But all Acosta did was treat the entire thing with kid gloves, and he allowed Epstein to plead to a minor charge with no trial. They shut down the discovery and no victims or potential witnesses were told until after it was litigated and closed. Epstein got a slap on the wrist, and told "Naughty boy, don't do this again."
czarjak
(13,726 posts)"I'm a member of a Secret Society, a society so secret, I can't even talk about it!" Any doubt?
BeneteauBum
(886 posts)Kudos to the dogged investigators who wont let this go.
Peace I
LymphocyteLover
(10,286 posts)Multichromatic
(225 posts)Skull and Bones always seemed like some creepy cult group for rich people. Like the Illuminati or the Masons
OAITW r.2.0
(32,839 posts)The "Bush and Franklin sex scandal" refers to two separate controversies linked in alternative history and conspiracy theories: the Omaha-based Franklin child prostitution ring that began in 1988, and a 1989 Washington, D.C. callboy ring. Both controversies touched the fringes of the Reagan and Bush administrations.The Franklin ScandalThe Franklin child prostitution ring allegations surfaced in 1988 in Omaha, Nebraska, centering around the failed Franklin Federal Credit Union and its president, Lawrence E. King Jr.The Allegations: Witnesses claimed the ring involved powerful Midwestern political and business figures in child trafficking, satanic ritual abuse, and money laundering.National Expansion: Theories suggested the operation expanded to Washington, D.C., allegedly implicating elite figures and elements of the CIA.Official Findings: State and federal grand juries in 1990 and 1991 concluded that the allegations of a high-level pedophile ring were a fabricated hoax.The 1989 D.C. Callboy RingIn June 1989, a Washington, D.C. male escort ring tied to prominent Republican lobbyist Craig Spence made national headlines.The Scandal: Investigations revealed that Spence ran a prostitution ring that catered to Washington's political elite, including military officers, congressional aides, and minor officials in the Reagan and Bush administrations.White House Access: Reports indicated Spence's clients took unauthorized, "midnight tours" of the White House, which prompted Secret Service investigations.Blackmail Claims: It was widely alleged that Spence secretly recorded sexual encounters in his home to build compromising "control files" on politicians.Intersection with the Bush AdministrationAlternative researchers and critics later attempted to bridge the two events, suggesting that the Washington, D.C. callboy ring and the Franklin network were part of a vast, politically protected pedophile ring operating in the highest levels of the U.S. government, including George H.W. Bush's inner circle.However, official investigations, including those by the FBI, dismissed the high-level conspiracy theories. Mainstream media, such as The Washington Post, characterized the claims regarding widespread government complicity as an unverified "bombshell".
Above is a Google recap...below is my non-AI comment.
So Epstein-Bush connection? No Shocker.
NBachers
(19,630 posts)Delarage
(2,619 posts)In a Gore administration. Another reason Bush v. Gore was necessary (for the billionaire elites/Epstein class).
So we got:
9/11
Kissed the surplus goodbye
Environmental disaster
Epstein coverups
.....all because rightfully cast ballots were not counted 🤷♂️