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00:00For your courage, for your tenacity, and for your determination to get us the truth.
00:06I also want to thank Lauren and everyone at World Without Exploitation who are working so tirelessly to create change
00:18and end human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
00:22And I want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who are here with us today, Nancy
00:28Mace, Sidney Kamlager-Dove, Becca Ballant, Grace Meng, who am I missing?
00:34Adelita.
00:35Melanie Stansberry, Adelita Grijalva, who got us to 218 on the discharge petitions, and all the others that I know
00:45are in spirit with us here.
00:46I'm so proud to be on the executive board of the Democratic Women's Caucus, which is hosting this press conference
00:52today, and has been at the center of the push for justice.
00:56Our amazing chairwoman, Teresa Ledger-Fernandez, is at a rules committee meeting, so she's unable to be with us in
01:02person, but she is certainly here in spirit.
01:05Yesterday, I spent several hours at the Department of Justice looking through the unredacted files and reading the absolutely horrific
01:15and depraved messages that went back and forth between rich and powerful people in every sphere of influence.
01:25These people are at the top of governments, academic institutions, billionaires at giant corporations, cabinet secretaries, and the callous depravity
01:37of their messages showed that they absolutely believed that they were above the law, above morals, absolutely immune to any
01:47societal norms.
01:48They joked in these emails about pedophiles, about horrific sexual acts with young girls, about creating spaces, entire islands even,
02:00where they could do anything they wanted and get away with it because of their wealth, their power, and their
02:06connections.
02:07This was a massive global sex trafficking ring, with thousands of victims that we know of, and thousands more that
02:19we probably don't.
02:21So when DOJ says that there is nothing to investigate, we, the American people, must rise up.
02:28We must allow the courage and the determination of the survivors, who have spoken out at great risk to themselves,
02:37to push us to never give up until every single one of these predators and pedophiles and predator protectors is
02:47brought to justice.
02:49It is the voices of the survivors ringing through in the darkness of all of this horror that has gotten
02:56us this far.
02:57And in speaking to so many of them myself, I know that this effort is not just for them, they're
03:04not doing this just for them, they're doing it for their girls, for their children, for other people who have
03:11been affected, to all the survivors of sexual assault everywhere across the world who are watching to see if we
03:19can get accountability right here in the United States of America.
03:23Many rich and powerful people thought over the decades that they got away with this.
03:27They definitely did. You can see it in the emails.
03:30But as Lauren said to me the other day, the earth is shaking.
03:36Because every single one of them now is becoming known.
03:40And around the world, princes, ambassadors, even prime ministers are being brought down for their participation in this global sex
03:49trafficking ring.
03:50And here in America, that needs to happen, too.
03:53And until it does, we are here to say we will not stop.
04:00To every survivor who has fought so hard, who has shared painful details, who has been re-traumatized by the
04:09continued disrespect, dismissal and exposure of their own personal details.
04:15We won't stop until you have justice and accountability.
04:19I'm going straight from here to the Judiciary Committee as our Representative Kamlager Dove, Representative Ballant, where we will have
04:27Attorney General Bondi before us.
04:29I intend to get real answers on why the DOJ is not pursuing further action and to get survivors the
04:37attention and the answers that they deserve.
04:41This is just the beginning of our journey for justice, led by very powerful women who are using their voices
04:50and their power to, yes, shake the earth of its depravity and to demand accountability.
04:57So thank you for all of it, for inspiring us day after day, year after year, and never backing down.
05:04We love you, we appreciate you, and we've got you.
05:08It's now my honor to pass it over to Representative Sidney Kamlager Dove, my colleague on the Judiciary Committee.
05:19Thank you, Congresswoman Jayapal.
05:22I also want to recognize Congressman James Watkinshaw and Congressman Jamie Raskin, who have also joined us for this press
05:30conference.
05:31My name is Congresswoman Sidney Kamlager Dove.
05:34I represent Los Angeles.
05:35And I want to thank the Democratic Women's Caucus for hosting this press conference and for always centering survivors when
05:43talking about the Epstein files.
05:45You know, the entire weight of Donald Trump's government is being used against the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his
05:57co-conspirators abuse.
05:59The fact that these survivors have not only come forward but continue to speak out and relive the worst day
06:09of their lives every single day is courage.
06:14And it's a kind of courage this administration does not have.
06:1980% of sexual assaults go unreported because time and time again our broken justice system protects abusers instead of
06:32survivors.
06:34When the President and the Attorney General repeatedly shield pedophiles, rapists, traffickers from accountability,
06:42they send a chilling message to survivors everywhere and discourage others from coming forward.
06:50Let me be clear, we need this administration to care about child sexual assault instead of protecting pedophiles and predators.
07:05At 10 a.m., Attorney General Pam Bondi will be testifying in House Judiciary Committee.
07:15And we are all going to get in her face and grill her and grill her about the reckless and
07:25sloppy release of these files.
07:29One survivor found her name, her birthday, her address, and phone number, and workplace, all exposed in the files.
07:42That puts her at serious risk and it is a chilling effect for every other survivor.
07:52Now it is my honor and privilege to turn it over to a brave and courageous woman, Teresa Helm.
08:07Hi, good morning.
08:09Here we are again.
08:10And for what it's worth, we're not going anywhere.
08:14And while it might seem that we're in the middle of the road of this, actually in many ways this
08:21is just beginning.
08:25I stand here in support for all of these women here beside me, all of the women across this nation,
08:35for my own children, for myself,
08:41for every one of you out there in this audience looking at us right now that's a survivor.
08:46This nation is full of survivors.
08:50We're going to stand and we're going to fight and we're not going to stop because that's the right thing
08:56to do.
08:57We stand here also with the support and we pray that there's nonpartisan support of Virginia's law that has just
09:11been introduced.
09:12This is one of the most important monumental steps for survivors and the world is still watching.
09:20No one's turning.
09:21No one's turning away from this.
09:22It affects every single person here.
09:25It affects every single person in this administration.
09:29They have wives, daughters, grandchildren, every single person.
09:35This is not an issue that's going away and we're not going to stop.
09:40And I feel that this is a real, today and beyond, a real demonstration of integrity.
09:51And as my dad, who was a very, very smart man, used to say to me, Dr. James Helm, the
09:56proof is in the pudding.
09:58So we're going to find out.
10:06First, I want to recognize Representative Nancy May standing with us today because as we have always said, this is
10:12a nonpartisan issue.
10:16What I know, what we know in the sexual violence arena is that there are more sexual abuse, sexual assault
10:24and trafficking victims in the country, in the world than any other tragedy.
10:29And consistently, those victims and survivors are told one of two things, shut up or move on.
10:38And as I understand it, when we spent time in Republican Judiciary Committee members' offices, they were very compassionate, passionate,
10:50caring about this issue.
10:52They support us.
10:53They want transparency.
10:54They want justice.
10:56And what we've heard is that they've been told to shut up today and not do the hard thing of
11:03asking questions about the egregious job done by the Department of Justice in the drop of files.
11:09And we've told, we've heard that the American people have been told to move on.
11:13So I'd like to present three options to Republican House Judiciary Committee members.
11:20They can either do the bravest thing they have ever done, ever done in their career, and they can ask
11:29the hard questions.
11:30They can do a second thing, which is a really hard thing to do.
11:35Refuse to be complicit and resign.
11:38Just say, I am making a statement, and I'm going to resign from being part of this administration.
11:45And they can do a third thing.
11:47They can yield one minute of their time to Thomas Massey, who happens to be a real bulldog in this
11:53issue, and let him speak for them.
11:56That way, they are able to hold their position of leadership, but make a stand showing their constituents, who are
12:05all victims and survivors too, that they believe in us.
12:10So today, my question is, those on the Judiciary Committee, the Republicans, are you going to have courage, or are
12:17you going to be complicit?
12:24Good morning.
12:26My name is Laura Bloom McGee.
12:28I am a survivor who stands before you to not ask you for pity, but demanding justice.
12:35Speaking my truth was born of courage.
12:37I stand here for every little boy and girl that is afraid to speak up after the unthinkable.
12:44That courage should never cost us our safety, our privacy, or our right to heal.
12:51Our current system does the opposite.
12:53The people who have harmed us, they are hidden while survivors have been exposed.
12:59Abusers' names and contact information is redacted while our faces and stories are left on full display.
13:05This is not protection.
13:08This is betrayal.
13:10Enhance power back to the abuser and further strip survivors of our dignity.
13:16Even worse, leads that can uncover broader wrongdoing are being ignored.
13:21Documents that point to co-conspirators are still unexamined.
13:25Truth, integrity, and the pursuit of justice should be non-negotiable.
13:30And we will no longer negotiate with people or institutions that fail us.
13:40Hi, everyone.
13:41I'm Dani Benske, and I am an Epstein Maxwell survivor from 2004 to 2005.
13:46The last time I was in D.C., I asked everyone to close their eyes and think of a teenager
13:51that was close to you.
13:52I asked you to make it personal.
13:55Thinking of your child, your sibling, your mother, or you even at an early age,
14:01I asked you to visualize that teenager at the door of Jeffrey Epstein's mansion,
14:05and I asked you if you would let them enter.
14:07Well, now I want you to visualize something else.
14:10I want you to think of that same 14 to 18-year-old.
14:14I want you to imagine that they've since grown up, and one day you find their name
14:19and all of their identifying information in the Epstein files alongside intimate, horrific details
14:27about their lives, sexual abuse, and trafficking.
14:32You look further, and maybe you even find a nude picture.
14:35You try to understand who could be responsible for these crimes, or try to find who's responsible for the crimes
14:43themselves,
14:43only to find that the perpetrator's names have all been redacted.
14:47As you read on and take in all the heinous acts, you begin to see how the system repeatedly failed.
14:52Realizing that it was hard enough to endure the abuse, you begin to understand the endless re-traumatization.
15:00This time, it isn't a monster pedophile who is doing the exploiting, but our very own government.
15:07I dare to say that everyone knows a survivor, a survivor of assault or abuse.
15:12My ask is that you keep this personal.
15:15We are not here as political figures. We are only human.
15:19Our only agenda is accountability.
15:22We owe it to our former selves. We owe it to the next generation.
15:26And we also owe it to those of the past.
15:28We need to believe women who bravely step forward like Maria Farmer did in 1996.
15:32We need to pass Virginia's law to eliminate the statute of limitations.
15:36We need survivors to be taken seriously.
15:39There should never be a time limit on justice.
15:42And the DOJ needs to do its job.
15:45Give us the rest of the files and start the investigations.
15:50Start the investigations on the things that are in the files right now.
15:55During my time with Jeffrey, I was always amazed that he could make you feel so special, like you were
16:01the only one in the room,
16:02and then treat you like an absolute piece of trash and throw you away.
16:05We will not be silenced and thrown away this time. Thank you.
16:15Hello. My name is Liz Stein.
16:18I met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in 1994 when I was a senior in college.
16:25For us, this is not about politics.
16:29This is about people in power and vulnerable girls and young women.
16:34A partial release of these files by the DOJ, riddled with improper redactions,
16:41that expose the vulnerable and shield the powerful from accountability, is not justice.
16:47It is injustice.
16:50As victims of this crime and citizens of this country, we will not stand for it.
17:00And neither should you.
17:03This is no longer about us.
17:06This is about survivors of sexual abuse everywhere.
17:11They are watching us.
17:13And if you think that this does not affect you, one in four women in our country have been touched
17:20by this issue.
17:21It affects all of us.
17:25We are being watched, not only as survivors, but as advocates for those who cannot use their own voice to
17:34speak up.
17:38We, as a nation, have an opportunity to send a strong message that we will not protect people who victimize
17:45children.
17:47That we will stand up for what is right, despite what our politics are.
17:52That we will cross the aisle and that we will stand behind survivors for justice.
18:00We keep hearing our press secretary and our Department of Justice and other government officials saying they're moving on from
18:08this.
18:10I wish that we could.
18:13I met Epstein Maxwell when I was 21 years old.
18:17I'm nearly 53 now.
18:19We cannot move on as survivors of this crime and as citizens of this nation without changing this narrative.
18:28So I ask you all to stand behind us and demand accountability for our government.
18:35Because we certainly are going to.
18:45Hello everyone and good morning.
18:48We are here today asking for basic safety, dignity, respect for survivors and Americans.
18:54In recent releases, survivors names were not properly redacted.
18:59The failure has put people in danger.
19:01Personal information has been exposed.
19:03Information that can lead to harassment, threats and retaliation.
19:06Some of those impacted are Jane Doe's who have never broken their silence.
19:10Who have never chose to be public.
19:12And who deserve protection, not exposure.
19:16We are still asking a question the public deserves answered.
19:19How is the Department of Justice able to carefully redact the names of powerful men yet fail to protect survivors?
19:26We stand here today united and strong.
19:30And we are asking for something simple.
19:32Treat us like human beings.
19:33We have families.
19:35We have lives.
19:36We did not cause these crimes.
19:37And we should not be the ones paying for the price again.
19:42And if more documents are released, we are demanding that the DOJ take the time to do this the right
19:47way.
19:47Fully and respectfully redact survivors identities and any identity details connected to them.
19:54We also need to address the allegations contained in these materials.
19:58Every credible allegation must be taken seriously and investigated thoroughly.
20:03No matter who the person is, how wealthy they are, or how connected they are.
20:08We understand that these are allegations and due process matters.
20:12But survivors are human beings who shared something horrific.
20:16They deserve to be heard.
20:17And they deserve a real investigation.
20:20Not dismissal, delay or silence.
20:23So everyone watching, stand with survivors, demand accountability, demand transparency, demand investigations
20:30that do not protect the powerful while exposing the vulnerable.
20:34And those who are involved, those who know what happened, those who enabled it, those who stayed silent,
20:40do the right thing.
20:41Answer the questions.
20:43Cooperate.
20:43Because the survivors are done carrying the burden along.
20:46Moving forward, we, and when I say we, I mean the whole world, expect true transparency
20:53and justice for those who have not yet received it.
20:56I want to emphasize that after Congress reviewed the unredacted files yesterday
21:01and discovered that more powerful individuals were involved, I'm left wondering,
21:05why haven't we started an investigation this yet?
21:08Other countries have taken action, so why is the United States lagging behind,
21:13especially in a nation that prides itself on justice?
21:16This is what we believe in.
21:18This is what we demand.
21:20So the real question here is, when will the Department of Justice start investigation,
21:25not only the allegations, but to the powerful men that are running free?
21:31Thank you, everyone.
21:36Good morning, everybody.
21:38We are here today as survivors and as the families of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
21:44We are here as the family of Virginia Roberts Dufresne.
21:48My name is Skye Roberts, and I am the brother of Virginia Roberts Dufresne.
21:52Pam, I have a clear and simple message for you.
21:55The way this administration, and you specifically, have handled survivors has been nothing short of a failure.
22:02I have a message from Annie Farmer. She's not here today, but I love her to death. Believe that.
22:07And she said, Pam, do your job. Do your job, Pam. And I feel that.
22:15There are serious questions that demand answers.
22:18Why are the perpetrators' names being redacted while survivors' names are left unredacted?
22:23We are done with excuses. We are done with delays. No more lies. No more deflection.
22:29We want answers, and we want accountability.
22:33Virginia was not a headline.
22:35She was a daughter, a sister, a mother, and a human being.
22:43She carried what was done to her for years and still chose to fight, not just for herself, but for
22:51others who were afraid or silenced.
22:55And we need to say this plainly.
22:57The handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case has been mismanaged again and again across administrations,
23:04across agencies, and across years.
23:08That failure is not abstract.
23:10It has caused real, lasting damage to survivors, and that is not up for debate.
23:17We are here to see whether our representatives will stand with survivors, not with excuses,
23:23not with delay, not with political convenience.
23:27We are here to see whether you will ask the hard questions that have been avoided for far too long.
23:32And with that, I'm going to turn it over to Amanda.
23:37To Ms. Bondi, we are deeply disappointed by the way you and your leadership in this department have treated survivors.
23:46And today, while you're being questioned, we ask you to look in the eyes of every single one of us
23:53and remember Virginia Roberts-Giffray, who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the trauma that she had endured.
24:00We ask you to remember the lives that we have lost during this process.
24:06Accountability means real answers, not evasion.
24:10It means transparency, not more hiding.
24:12And we ask Congress that if Pambadi has been found where you have misled or gave false testimony,
24:21you must be held to the same standard as everyone else.
24:25No title, no power, no connections should change that.
24:29And to the American people, take heed.
24:34Be mindful of any government or any powerful people who try to tell us that what we live through is
24:41not real.
24:43That what happened to us didn't happen.
24:48Who asked us to doubt what our ears can hear and what our eyes can plainly see.
24:55That is how abuse is protected and that is how it thrives.
25:02We are here because survivors have had their lives defined by what powerful people did to them behind closed doors.
25:10While institutions have continuously looked away.
25:14Today, Congress has a chance to prove that this country is still not looking away.
25:20We are not here for theater and we are not here for talking points.
25:24We are here for truth.
25:26We are here for justice.
25:27We are here for accountability.
25:29For Virginia and every survivor.
25:41Hi, my name is Charlene Rashard.
25:43And last year, I stood here as a survivor demanding the release of the Epstein files.
25:51Today, I stand here again as a citizen demanding accountability.
25:58Now that Congress is questioning Pam Bondi of the Department of Justice about the handling of the Epstein Files Transparency
26:07Act.
26:09Let me be clear.
26:11Survivors are furious.
26:15We watched the Justice Department botched redactions so badly that victims' images were exposed while predators' identities were kept hidden
26:28and protected.
26:30That does not feel like an accident or a clerical error.
26:35It feels like betrayal.
26:37The people who were supposed to protect us instead shielded abusers and re-traumatized survivors.
26:47And we're expected to accept that as standard procedure?
26:54We do not.
26:57Pam Bondi claims she was defending the independence and integrity of the Justice Department.
27:04But survivors have every right to ask.
27:08Where was all that integrity when survivors were exposed?
27:12Where was that independence when victims were silenced?
27:17Where was all that commitment to justice when the truth was buried to protect reputations?
27:25These are not partisan attacks.
27:29These are demands for basic human morality and accountability.
27:34When officials are accused of weaponizing the Justice Department, we know exactly what that means because we've lived through the
27:44consequences.
27:47This inquiry confirms what survivors have known for decades.
27:51The Justice Department has been influenced and manipulated in ways that harmed us.
27:56We are told to wait for transparency, to trust a system that already failed us, to accept redactions that protect
28:06the powerful and expose the powerless.
28:09But our trauma wasn't delayed.
28:13But our trauma wasn't delayed.
28:13Our pain was not postponed.
28:16And our trust has been shattered.
28:20So I will say what many survivors feel.
28:24Pam Bondi and the Justice Department failed us repeatedly across administrations, across political lines, across decades.
28:34And the people who had the authority to intervene chose silence, secrecy and self-preservation and called it justice.
28:46I'm here to make sure no one in the Justice Department, no matter their title, rewrites history or escapes accountability.
28:55And so today, I'm asking survivors, allies, lawmakers and citizens to refuse silence, demand oversight, demand transparency, demand a Justice
29:17Department that protects the vulnerable instead of the powerful.
29:21Stand with us.
29:24Stand with us.
29:25Speak with us.
29:26And do not look away.
29:30Accountability will not come unless we insist on it together.
29:40Thank you so much.
29:42Please welcome Representative Nancy Mace.
29:46Hold on one second.
29:47I just want to let members of the media know that because the judiciary hearing is starting soon, some of
29:53the survivors are going to go take their seat right now.
29:57But we are going to continue this press conference because we have a few more important statements to make.
30:03And Representative.
30:04We're going to go to Representative Nancy Mace.
30:06All right. Thank you.
30:07Good morning.
30:07For thousands of years, women have been considered second class citizens.
30:12Back to the book of Genesis, chapter 24, when Dinah was raped by a prince.
30:16They tried to negotiate a deal to sweep it under the rug until her brothers took up sores.
30:20And today, the Epstein survivors who are here advocating on their behalf want America and the world to know they
30:28are no longer second class citizens.
30:29And women in this country should never be treated like second class citizens.
30:34And their stories are truth.
30:35Their stories are real.
30:37They are vulnerable.
30:38It is traumatic.
30:40And it is lifelong trauma for each and every one of them.
30:44I have lost all faith in the justice system today.
30:48But I have not lost faith in the stories of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
30:59And I want the survivors to know that the world is watching.
31:08And we must show them what we're made of.
31:12We're made of the courage of the Epstein survivors.
31:16We're made of the bravery of the Epstein survivors.
31:20We're made of the truth of the Epstein survivors.
31:24And we're here today to demand justice for the Epstein survivors.
31:30Because their stories are our stories.
31:33There are judges all across the country, all across the United States of America,
31:37who are revealing the names and the identities and the residents, the addresses, the contact information of rape victims everywhere.
31:47Rape victims who come forward and name names are sued by their rapists.
31:53This is happening not just to them, but to women everywhere.
31:57In my case, I went to the law enforcement over two years ago.
32:02Evidence on a silver platter.
32:04Today, not a single person arrested, not a single person in jail.
32:09And so the days of the cover-up are over.
32:13And I am begging the media, don't make this partisan.
32:17This is about the victims.
32:20And this will go down, the Epstein saga in Maxwell, this will go down as one of the greatest cover
32:28-ups in American history.
32:31And I'm going to stand with the Epstein survivors until my last breath to ensure that the rich and powerful
32:39do not get away with this.
32:41Because America's system is a two-tiered system of justice.
32:45There's one for the rich and powerful, and there's one for the rest of us.
32:50And those days are over.
32:52And I want the rich and powerful, the princes, the princesses, the prime ministers, the former presidents to know your
32:58days are numbered.
33:00Thank you, and God bless each and every one of you.
33:21So I just want to just acknowledge that who were just before us are grown women.
33:29But it's not hard for me when I look at them to see a 17-year-old, a 16-year
33:36-old, a 15-year-old, a 14-year-old, a 12-year-old, a 9-year-old.
33:43We're talking about children who were groomed, preyed upon, exploited, raped, trafficked, dreams permanently deferred, bodies violated, and spirits permanently
34:01bruised.
34:03In Virginia's book, Nobody's Girl, it's titled that because she felt she belonged to no one, that no one cared.
34:13These survivors have been used, abused, and discarded.
34:19Jeffrey Epstein can rot in hell.
34:22And Jelaine Maxwell can follow suit.
34:25And all of those co-conspirators and accomplices deserve to be named and shamed.
34:32Because as Virginia once said, if we don't know who they are, the monsters are still out there harming people.
34:39So I thank you for being here today.
34:41This is a season of call a thing a thing.
34:44So I have to be direct.
34:47Survivors gathered here today.
34:49I'm so grateful for their courage and leadership and equally devastated and furious about what they have endured.
34:54You were failed by so many powerful people that could have protected your childhood.
35:00You were failed by a government that ignored your cries for decades.
35:04Truly an institutional betrayal.
35:10We are fighting with every bone in our bodies for you.
35:15The files that have been released have further detailed a vivid picture of depraved behavior
35:24and dehumanization, violent violations, hurt and harm no person, no person, no child should ever endure.
35:40It is an abuse and harm that changes you on a cellular level for the rest of your life.
35:47It is a lifetime sentence.
35:50And together we are fighting for every survivor carrying visible and invisible scars burdened by shame.
35:57Let me be clear.
35:57The shame is not yours to carry.
35:59Shame on the people that abuse you.
36:01Shame on the government that failed you.
36:03The shame is not yours to carry.
36:05And we must meet your courage with real action.
36:08And again, although I know our survivors have left to take their seats at the judiciary hearing,
36:15I'm speaking to all the Epstein survivors, but to all survivors for whom the Epstein survivors are current a proxy
36:23for.
36:24This moment requires that we meet their courage with real action.
36:28These powerful abusers have been protected by institutions that are more concerned with the wealthy and well-connected than centering
36:34survivors.
36:34The Department of Justice must continue to release files and they must correct course as we've demanded from the beginning.
36:41The identities of survivors in these files must be redacted and protected.
36:46And this can't end with the release of the files.
36:49We must see thorough investigations, followed by swift accountability for all that enabled and incited this abuse.
36:56Words are important, but actions are what matter now.
37:01And that's why we will not yield.
37:04Thank you for being here today and our work continues.
37:09Good morning, everyone.
37:11I am Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury and I am so proud to represent New Mexico's first congressional district and to stand
37:18with the survivors.
37:19And to be joined by my colleagues from the oversight judiciary and other committees of jurisdiction in this case.
37:26Well, the survivors have left to attend the Pam Bondi hearing that starts in just a few moments.
37:33We will stay for a few extra moments to answer questions of the press.
37:37You see behind me members of the oversight committee that have been engaged in a months long bipartisan investigation in
37:44the Epstein case.
37:45Let me begin by saying one thing.
37:50Believe the survivors.
37:52That's right.
37:53We are being asked every single day to name names.
37:57They have named the names.
38:00They are in the files.
38:02Believe the survivors.
38:05Believe your eyes.
38:07Believe what you are reading.
38:09They have named the names.
38:11And for the last 20 years, justice has not been served here in these United States.
38:18That's right.
38:2020 years ago, in 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI drew up a 56-page indictment
38:30that included 32 counts of federal crimes against Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.
38:36And one year later, dropped the case.
38:40In the years that ensued, hundreds and potentially thousands of additional victims of sexual violence were allowed to happen because
38:50the United States government failed to act.
38:54Today, that same injustice is continuing right now here in the halls of Congress, the halls of the Department of
39:03Justice, and yes, in the halls of the White House.
39:08Late last night, I posted an FBI file that names names.
39:16That is the FBI's file.
39:19Those are the names of rich and powerful people, including presidents, that the FBI itself was tracking in the Epstein
39:29investigation.
39:29That is based on victims' naming names.
39:34So believe the victims.
39:36Believe your eyes.
39:38The names have been named.
39:40They are in the public domain.
39:42They are in the files.
39:44And we will tell you unequivocally, we will keep naming names.
39:49Mm-hmm.
39:49While we do, as members of Congress, have access to these unredacted files, let us be clear, the law is
39:56clear, that these files should never have been redacted the way that they are currently.
40:01Secondly, it is very clear that the United States government is involved in an active cover-up and protecting the
40:09allies of the President and the Department of Justice, and that active members of this administration have lied under oath
40:18to the American people and to this Congress.
40:20And we will hold you accountable.
40:23Now, it has already been stated multiple times this morning that governments across the world are acting.
40:32Governments across the world are demanding accountability.
40:35People are rising up.
40:37Survivors are coming forward.
40:39People are naming names.
40:41And names are being taken down.
40:43Yet here in the United States, the injustice that has spanned now two decades is continuing because of an active
40:53cover-up by the President himself.
40:56So what we ask all of you, the American people, members of the press, the eyes of the world who
41:05are watching us here in the United States, believe the survivors.
41:10Yes.
41:11Have courage.
41:13Do the right thing.
41:14Because the survivors have already had the courage to say those names over and over again.
41:21And they have more courage and guts than half of the people in the buildings behind us and most of
41:27the people in this town.
41:29But we want you to know that we will not let this injustice stand.
41:34We will stand here every day with the survivors.
41:38We will not stop.
41:40We will look through every file.
41:42We will follow every lead.
41:44And justice will be served.
41:48And to every survivor out there, here in the United States and across the world, the millions of survivors, girls,
41:58women, boys, people who are watching.
42:02We know the eyes of the world are on us.
42:05We stand with you.
42:06We are fighting for you.
42:08You are not alone.
42:09And whether you have come forward or not, we want you to know that we are fighting for you.
42:15We see you.
42:16And we will fight for justice.
42:19That's right.
42:20And so with that, we will open it up for questions.
42:24And we will, some of us are going to head over to the Judiciary Committee, where Pam Bondi has to
42:30answer some very serious questions.
42:33Do we have any questions from the press?
42:36Yes.
42:37Yes.
42:37Several members of the British political class have lost their positions.
42:40As you've mentioned, the result of being associated with the Epstein files.
42:44Do you think that people in the Trump administration, like Secretary Lutnik, should lose their job as a result of
42:50misrepresenting their relationship with Epstein?
42:51Absolutely.
42:52It is very clear that Howard Lutnik lied to the American people about the nature of his relationship and that
42:59he repetitively lied, including potentially perjuring himself yesterday right behind me in the United States Senate.
43:07We have the files.
43:08We know the nature of the relationship.
43:10We know that there are multiple witnesses who shared information with the FBI about Howard Lutnik's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
43:20It's time for him to stand down.
43:21One thing.
43:23What message is it sent about our country to our kids when people in Europe are being held accountable, but
43:29people in the United States are not being held accountable for the same exact situation?
43:33So we have to hold people in this administration accountable no matter how powerful they are.
43:38Can I ask everybody?
43:39And this is Suha Subramanian from Virginia.
43:43Over time, you know, we've had more about the involvement of a man formerly known as Prince Andrew.
43:49We've had statements from Buckingham Palace and from William and Kate saying their thoughts are the preventives.
43:55I just wonder what your thoughts are.
43:57Jeffrey Epstein was a man who was invited to the palace.
44:00He was a man who was in the midst of the lockdown.
44:05Mm hmm.
44:07What would you say to King Charles who forgot to what he should do as the head of the royal
44:12palace?
44:12Should he get in the book?
44:14Should he publicly answer the questions?
44:17What action would you like to say?
44:19Well, I'm humbled that you would ask a mere citizen congresswoman from New Mexico to comment on what is happening
44:29with the royal family.
44:30But let me just say this generally.
44:32When you examine what the FBI and the United States investigated of Jeffrey Epstein for more than a decade, it
44:39is very clear that his crimes included not just sex trafficking, but international money laundering, potential influence peddling of state
44:50secrets to foreign governments.
44:51We still don't understand the nature of his intelligence work, and it is not only a stain on the reputation
45:01of all world leaders that there are leaders that were in association with Epstein and his sexual crimes.
45:08But it's also a national security risk.
45:11And I think that what has unfolded in the UK over the last couple of weeks is that Jeffrey Epstein
45:16was a national security risk to the UK.
45:19And it's important that the individuals who may have either intentionally or inadvertently shared information be held accountable.
45:31Yeah, I think in terms of King Charles, I mean, the family's reputation is on the line right now.
45:36And so I hope they do the right thing by letting authorities hold Andrew accountable for anything he did.
45:42I still want to continue to see if Andrew will come and testify before our committee.
45:47But certainly the victims have said that justice has many forms and one of them is the reputations and titles
45:53and power of many of these people who were involved in these crimes.
45:57And so their reputation is on the line right now.
46:14It's hard for me to say.
46:15I think that's why we want all the documents to know exactly what evidence there is of any sort of
46:19knowledge of the crimes.
46:21And I think especially when you have a peek behind the redactions and some of the email correspondence, Jeffrey Epstein
46:28had a vast network of leaders, businessmen, others that he was involved with globally.
46:35And it's not necessarily indicative that he was doing work for governments or the others in the government were involved.
46:42But it's clear that his influence peddling and his business scheme involved maintaining those kinds of relationships.
46:49So I think at this point it's unclear that there's any evidence that points to broader participation outside of the
46:56individuals who've so far been named.
46:59Are there other questions?
47:01Yes.
47:01Go ahead.
47:02My name is Christine Miller and I'm working on this slide.
47:07And have you seen any patterns of this overlapping with structural defects within our own CPS?
47:17Oh, absolutely.
47:18I think one of the things that we met extensively a number of members and survivors yesterday to talk about
47:25what comes next.
47:26And I want to make clear that both the members of Congress who are supporting the survivors and the survivors
47:33see this not as just a moment of accountability in this case, but about changing the culture and trajectory of
47:41violence against women and sexual violence here in the United States and around the world.
47:45And it's very clear that our justice system is not a trauma informed justice system.
47:50The way in which the justice system is not only covering up the case now, but re-traumatizing and putting
47:56victims at risk is a part of the problem.
47:59But there are many laws that need to be changed.
48:01In addition to the bill that was introduced yesterday by Congresswoman Ledger Fernandez, there's a whole slate of legislation around
48:09violence and sexual violence around women dealing with state statutes around the statute of limitations on these issues and building
48:19a system that not only believes survivors but supports them.
48:23And so part of our goal over the coming months is going to be to lift up survivor stories at
48:29more length so that they can tell their stories so that young women especially and vulnerable people know what it
48:35looks like so they can help protect themselves and so that we can change the laws to protect survivors in
48:42a better way.
48:43Yeah.
48:44Go ahead.
48:45Okay.
48:45So I'm an engineer and so I have to work for the U.S. Air Force and I'm trying to
48:52amend the DS-12 train to be a DS-12 team.
48:55So my question is that nuclear systems and aircraft systems have minimum safety requirements for those technologies.
49:09Do you consider the operating systems of the government an operating system and if so where are our minimum safety
49:20systems like NIST and ISO?
49:23So my son just to add was trapped in a structural defect after a major opium data breach in 2015
49:35where my high-level security clearance was compromised and since then my identity has been burned by paperwork and structural
49:46defects across the nation and internationally.
49:50So I have been endlessly abducted by our own government repeatedly across the United Kingdom and then across the U
50:01.S., Nevada, Colorado...
50:03Would it be okay if we can talk to you a little bit more offline about your case?
50:08But I'll just say, yeah, I'll just say this.
50:13No, it's a political system.
50:15It's not an operating system and we do need to reform the system.
50:19We'll take one more question and then we're going to go ahead and head over to Judiciary.
50:27Yes, sir.
50:30What do you want to hear from Pan Bondi today?
50:32What do you need to hear from Pan Bondi today?
50:35What do you need to hear from Pan Bondi today?
50:39Do you want to go ahead and start?
50:41I have a lot of questions about where the two and a half million files that they're withholding are and
50:47whether they plan to release them and whether they plan to follow the law.
50:50That's the reality because right now they're not following the law.
50:53They're not following our subpoena from our committee and so we're going to continue to ask questions like that.
51:00I mean, personally, the only thing I want to hear from Pan Bondi is I resign.
51:04But we know that's not going to happen today.
51:07She needs to answer for not only her complete debacle of rolling out these files, but her lack of compliance
51:14with the law and the ways in which she has systemically failed the survivors.
51:18So thank you all so much.
51:20Thanks for joining us.
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