House Oversight Hearing Transcript Mentions Unclear Attorney Interaction and FBI Referral

IT'TERSON Firtuy Ricu y in Palm Beach who either made “My responsibility was to protect everyone that lives in Pal ers who relayed them to me that I Beach and preserve their constitutional rights and be de, lice nvestigation that we did, which is department for all,” Reiter said. “And I think that under ‘he ww then refer it tothe FBI after the particularly under the criminal laws, that all people hav: : - aid in the deposition. “I had one the nature of our system, be treated exactly alike : ee couple of times about this.” But along with handing the case off to the FBI and the U : individual in question was a | attorney, Reiter took another unusual step. He wrote =e m letters—on Pa y; this was a case that was really / victims in the _ OE SEEMS Tae The victims had lifestyles that ; ’ He delivered the letters by hand. ike them believable to the police ids of suggestions to me were said Reiter. “That he had taken a 1 toward something that could Ve talked several times. Early on w, this is an individual [whom] I icial capacity and in his official wasn't the only one to pressure iments from a variety of different j ad people tell me, hey, he’s a Palm 4 gating a Palm Beacher?” Reiter ‘ d people that said it was an unfa- ; ask the state attorney to remove 3 fer it to the FBI....1 had plenty of” as a mistake.” : vave done so would have been a ims but also of his vocation an@ ie would serve. 184 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010526