Ghislaine Maxwell Being Moved Was 'Horrifying' To Epstein Victims Who Spoke To Congress: Garcia

At Tuesday's House Rules Committee hearing, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) demanded the release of the Epstein Files.

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00:00discussion today as well. Thank you, Mr. Comer. Mr. Garcia, you're recognized.

00:07Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to just begin in a very bipartisan manner

00:14Thank you. Earlier today, we heard, of course, these horrific stories from these women who

00:32are incredibly brave and the courage that they showed to be here to share stories of sexual

00:38abuse, some of them when they were girls, young girls, I think has shaken a lot of us on this

00:46committee and reaffirmed our commitment to the truth and transparency. Now, the Oversight Committee,

00:52particularly Democrats, are going to continue to investigate the Epstein files and bring justice

00:57to the victims of these heinous crimes. After meeting with the survivors, of course, of Epstein

01:03and Ghislaine Maxwell were once again reminded of the monstrous actions that they took against

01:10over a thousand women and girls. It's important that we center their stories and work for

01:16accountability. And I want to just remind this committee and the public that Jeffrey Epstein

01:22and Ghislaine Maxwell are monsters, criminals, liars, and in no way should they be lionized

01:31or supported. And it is an outrage that Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a facility where she is now

01:41more comfortable. I think it's also appropriate to say that that was also horrifying to the women

01:50and the testimony that we heard today. And re-traumatizing the victims because of this move

01:56is shameful and should never have happened in this country. When you harm innocent women and girls,

02:04you should be held accountable. And I'm hopeful that in a bipartisan way, this committee

02:07will do that. Now, I appreciate that, of course, close to 33, 34,000 pages of documents have been

02:16released by the Department of Justice. That is complying with the subpoena, of course, that was

02:20put forward. But over 97 percent of those documents have already been released to the public. And I'm

02:27glad that we're releasing all those files to the American public. Most of it's already in the public

02:32record. What we need right now is full compliance with the subpoena. And the Attorney General, who once

02:39said that the files were on her desk, should release all the files immediately.

02:45There cannot be additional failures or additional cover-ups by this government that has already

02:54failed these victims now for decades. That cannot continue. We've got to follow the facts. We've got

03:01to get all the files out to the public. And we've got to ensure that there's justice for all the victims

03:07and the girls. I also just want to add that Oversight Democrats have supported every single time there's

03:14been an opportunity to support transparency. We, of course, forced a vote to release and get the

03:20subpoena out. We will continue to take those actions. But any action that promotes transparency,

03:27we're going to support. If there's going to be a resolution, of course, it's going to come in front

03:32of the Congress to support additional transparency and openness in the Epstein files. We are going to

03:37support that. And any other committee that brings forward any other resolutions, we will support.

03:42But that does not somehow supplant the work on the discharge petition that Congressman Conner and

03:52Congressman Massey are moving forward. We will continue to support that discharge petition, and we will

03:57support any other resolutions that come forward that also holds Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and anyone

04:04else accountable. And I'll conclude just by saying that it is our hope that this investigation takes on

04:10and leads us to the truth. And we do not care how powerful you are, what political party you're in, how much

04:18wealth you have, or how connected you are. If you cause harm to these women and these girls, then we're coming

04:25after you, and justice should be served. And with that, I yield back.

04:28Thank you very much.

04:30Thank you very much.