After the family of a 14-year-old girl reported to the Palm Beach Police in 2005 that Jeffrey Epstein molested their daughter, the police launched an investigation that “identified approximately 20 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 who were sexually abused by Epstein.” However, the local prosecutor, a Democrat named Barry Krischer, only charged Epstein with prostitution without interviewing any of the victims. Federal officials then worked with Krischer to craft a secretive, sweetheart plea deal with Epstein even though they had “identified 40 young women who can be characterized as victims” of Epstein under federal law against the “Sexual Exploitation and Other Abuse of Children.” Krischer denied any involvement in this plea deal, but the threat of a lawsuit forced him to release documents that prove he played a key role in it. This deal allowed Epstein to abuse other victims for more than a decade until he was arrested for sex trafficking of minors in 2019.