00:00I now we're going to hear a video that Maria Farmer wanted to, she wanted folks to hear about
00:08and so we're going to go ahead and. My name is Maria Farmer. I am the whistleblower who reported
00:15Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Les Wexner and others to the FBI 30 years ago in 1996.
00:23Today I apologize for my appearance. I was not well enough to attend this hearing in person
00:28and have recently been released from the hospital. That's the result of 30 years of fighting.
00:34For three decades I've carried a weight that no survivor should ever have to bear.
00:39I reported what I believed were heinous crimes against children and these individuals responsible
00:44were involved in an international pedophile ring. I reported their crimes in real time and the
00:49government continues to ignore me to this day. In 1996 I reported Epstein and his co-conspirators
00:56to my local New York City 6th precinct. The commanding officer told me local police could
01:02only address the local arts and crimes and he instructed me to immediately report the whole
01:06story spanning several states to the FBI. He told me that it was vitally important that I tell the
01:13whole story to the FBI which I did. The FBI asked me questions, said they were familiar with some of
01:18the perpetrators I identified and gave me every reason to believe they would respond. That failure,
01:24that single moment when law enforcement refused to take action, set off a cascade of injustice
01:28and grave repercussions to my sisters, my family and so many others and to me personally,
01:35including my health and well-being. The FBI's decades of failure and inaction led to countless
01:41more girls and young women suffering abuse and trauma that could have been prevented. Individuals like
01:47Virginia Giuffre, Unushka DiGiorgio, Shantae Davies, Marika Chartoni, Danny Bensky, Jenna Lisa Jones, Ashley Rubright,
01:59and Jennifer Rose among others. Each survivor represents a life change forever. Suffering that
02:05could have been spared if the FBI had done their job in 1996. The failures did not stop there. In
02:122006,
02:13the FBI tracked me down stating that they searched for me because they knew I had reported Epstein 10
02:19years earlier and no one else had. They urged me to testify in a federal criminal trial against Epstein
02:26and his co-conspirators and they promised that they would get him this time. I trusted them again,
02:31relied upon them again, and they betrayed me again. Rather than following through with their promises,
02:37the government offered Epstein a sweetheart deal and shielded powerful individuals from accountability
02:42and they persist in granting special treatment to certain people to this day. I have received death
02:48threats from Maxwell and her associates, including one instance where they threatened to burn my
02:52apartment down. And those threats have not stopped. I have been subjected to more than three decades of
03:01ongoing harassment, vicious challenges to my truthfulness, and real danger from internet instigators,
03:09trolls and more. Meanwhile, my numerous efforts to obtain my 1996 report from the FBI have been rejected
03:18time and again. In 2023, I wrote a letter to the government asking for an investigation of the
03:24government's actions or inactions in response to my 1996 report. The inspector general replied saying
03:31they were busy with other things would get back to me and they never did. I sent multiple FOIA requests
03:36for my FBI report records. In January 2025, in response to my most recent request, the government said that
03:44they would get back to me in November of 2027, a delay of three years. I finally received a letter
03:51saying they looked at my complaint, took some kind of action, and the matter was addressed. But what they
03:57did was a secret. With no other choice, I filed an administrative claim against the government
04:02and then a lawsuit. Since then, virtually nothing has happened. And I'm left waiting and wondering what
04:09is next. With the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act after years of efforts to get my
04:15records, an FD-71 form was released for the first time, confirming just a small part of my 1996 whistleblower
04:23report and vindicating some of what I had said for years. However, the full extent of what I told the
04:30FBI
04:30was not in that document, so the release of the Epstein Files provides only partial relief for me.
04:38Where is the evidence I provided of my sexual assault? And that of my sister Annie? Why won't the FBI
04:45release my full report? The failures of those sworn to protect us have overwhelmed me. Doing my civic duty
04:53has caused me dearly. The stress of this trauma, the government hiding and refusing to turn over written
04:59confirmation of my 96 report, along with the ongoing harassment and death threats, have contributed
05:05to me, developing serious health issues, including Hodgkin's lymphoma, a brain tumor, and recently Addison's
05:13disease. In the last month, I have spent 23 nights in hospitals, including multiple nights in the ICU.
05:23Along with my health, it has robbed me of my career. In 1996, I was fresh out of graduate school
05:29and living a life
05:29that I had always dreamed, creating and selling art in New York City. When I was assaulted, threatened, held captive,
05:37my career was halted, and the trajectory of my life was thrown off course. So many others had their dreams
05:43shattered
05:44by these crimes, and they could have been prevented. Individuals like Virginia Giffray, who is the backbone
05:50of this case and remains the inspiration behind this fight, she's the reason my sister and I came forward
05:56publicly so we could stand together. She faced also relentless attacks to her credibility online, yet she
06:03fought. While Virginia may no longer be physically beside us, she's been our shining star and guiding light, and
06:09remains so today. The rest of humanity owes it to her legacy to continue this quest. We are still walking
06:16down the trail that Virginia blazed for us, so let me be direct about what we need. The federal government
06:23owes us explanations, accountability for injuries caused, and a promise of systemic change when crimes
06:30against children are reported. Accountability should start with the government's acknowledgement and
06:35responsibility for their repeated failures to act in response to my 1996 report. The government needs
06:42to take responsibility for endangering and injuring girls and young women. The government needs to start
06:48telling the truth, face my lawsuit, and be held to account to me and to all others who've been harmed.
06:55Had the FBI done their job, 30 years of child sex abuse and trauma could have been avoided.
07:02I want my full FBI file, including the 96 and 2006 reports, including my art.
07:12We also need the FBI and the Department of Justice to fully investigate every lead in this case. We need
07:18investigation and prosecution of everyone responsible, both men and women. This includes the officials who
07:25enable the 2008 sweetheart deal, the other perpetrators, and the many co-conspirators, and anyone who is
07:32currently shielding powerful individuals from justice. No more protection for the guilty. There
07:38must be no pardoning or commuting the sentence of Maxwell, who sexually abused me, my minor sister,
07:45hurt so many girls and other young women, and personally threatened to kill me, has shown no remorse,
07:51and has demonstrated no basis on which to believe she would ever be truthful.
07:57As the Epstein case whistleblower, I have waited three decades for justice. It's a miracle I'm still
08:04fighting, especially considering what the stress of three decades of this case has done to my health
08:09and well-being. I will keep fighting for justice and transparency for a better, safer future for the
08:15next generation. Thank you. Thank you, Anand. Subscribe to One India and never miss an update.
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