00:00I have several questions for you. Who's responsible? Are you able to track who in your organization
00:06made this massive failure and released the victim's names? Are you able to track who it was
00:12that obscured Les Wexner's name as a co-conspirator in an FBI document? Do you have that kind of
00:20accountability? I believe Wexner's name was listed more than 4,000 times. Yeah, I already told you
00:29that. This is where he's listed as a co-conspirator. Can I finish my answer? Come on, let me finish
00:34my
00:34answer. We are joined in this room by some of the thousands of survivors from Jeffrey Epstein's
00:41horrific sex trafficking ring. They have shown such incredible courage in speaking out, in demanding
00:49accountability to bring the predators and pedophiles to justice. The Epstein Files Transparency Act
00:56required your Department of Justice to disclose the perpetrators connected with Epstein's criminal
01:02activities and to redact the information of survivors to protect their identities. Let me show you what
01:10actually happened. First, in violation of the law, your department has shown a pattern of redacting the
01:18names of powerful predators. Here behind me is one example of an email from Epstein to a man whose name
01:26was redacted. The email reads, quote, where are you? Are you okay? I loved the torture video.
01:37Only after members of Congress demanded that we see the unredacted files did the world learn the name
01:45of this individual, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayam, the chairman and CEO of a company that had financial ties to
01:54President Trump's business and personal ties to Trump's advisor, Steve Bannon. Second, the survivors
02:01were not similarly protected, also in violation of the law. Here is another email titled Epstein victim list.
02:10We have blurred the names of the survivors for their protection, but your Department of Justice
02:15initially released this list of 32 survivors' names with only one name redacted, along with numerous
02:25files that disclosed not only the names, the emails, and the addresses of survivors, but also nude photographs,
02:32and even the identities of Jane Doe's, who had been protected for decades until your department released
02:41their names. Survivors are now telling us that their families are finding out for the first time
02:47that they were trafficked by Epstein. In their words, quote, this release does not provide closure.
02:54It feels like a deliberate attempt to intimidate survivors, punish those who came forward,
03:00and reinforce the same culture of secrecy that allowed Epstein's crimes to continue for decades.
03:08To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand.
03:17And if you are willing, please raise your hands if you have still not been able to meet
03:24with this Department of Justice. Please know for the record that every single survivor has raised
03:33their hand. Attorney General Bondi, you apologize to the survivors in your opening statement for what
03:43they went through at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. Will you turn to them now and apologize for what
03:50your Department of Justice has put them through with the absolutely unacceptable release
04:00of the Epstein files and their information?
04:09Congresswoman, you set before Merrick Garland set in this chair twice.
04:16Attorney General Bondi, I'm going to reclaim my time because I asked you a specific question
04:24that I would like you to answer, which is, will you turn to the survivors? This is not about
04:31anybody that came before you. It is about you taking responsibility for your Department of Justice
04:37and the harm that it has done to the survivors who are standing right behind you and are waiting for
04:45you
04:45to turn to them and apologize for what your Department of Justice has done.
04:50Members get to ask the questions, the witnesses get to answer in the way they want to answer it.
04:55Attorney General can respond. That's not accurate, Mr. Chairman.
04:57Because she doesn't like the answer. It is my time.
04:59So, Mr. Chairman, why didn't she ask Merrick Garland this twice when he sat in my chair?
05:07I am reclaiming my time and when I reclaim my time, it is mine.
05:11I'm not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics.
05:13The time belongs to the gentlelady. The gentlelady has 17 seconds.
05:19You're not going to answer this question, so let me just say this.
05:22Chairman, I'll direct it to you.
05:22What a massive cover-up.
05:24No, I'm answering a question.
05:25Chairman, will you restore her time? The witness is interrupting.
05:27I'm not going to get in the gutter with this woman.
05:29Stop the time.
05:29She's doing theatrics.
05:30Let me have my time.
05:31The gentlelady from Washington controls the time. The gentlelady has 17 seconds.
05:35You can proceed with your final 17 seconds.
05:38What a massive cover-up this has been and continues to be. Donald Trump made the release of the Epstein
05:44files the center of his political campaign because he thought it would benefit him.
05:48Then you got into office, Attorney General, claimed to have a client list, only to then say that there was
05:54no list.
05:56Your deputy, Todd Blanche, met alone with Elaine Maxwell and transferred her to a minimum security prison.
06:04And now you continue the cover-up, and I wish that you would turn around to the survivors who are
06:11standing right behind you and on a human level.
06:14Chairman, the chairman now recognizes the gentlelady.
06:16I'm what you have done.
06:18The time of the gentlelady has expired.
06:20The gentlelady, you have no time to yield back.
06:21We appreciate that. We appreciate the thought.
06:24I want to discuss another man, Donald Trump, who is all over the Epstein files.
06:28Like former prince.
06:30Here's a video.
06:32Here's a video.
06:45Like former prince Andrew, Donald Trump attended various parties with Jeffrey Epstein.
06:52I want to know, were there any underage girls at that party or at any party that Trump attended with
06:59Jeffrey Epstein?
07:06This is so ridiculous, and that they are trying to deflect from all the great things Donald Trump has done.
07:15There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.
07:19Everyone knows that.
07:20This has been the most transparent presidency.
07:22He's the one that asked that those files be released.
07:25I'm going to reclaim my time. I got your answer.
07:28You said there's no evidence.
07:29President Trump asked the clock to sign the legislation.
07:33This is ridiculous.
07:34Time belongs to the gentleman from California.
07:36Okay.
07:37I'm going to put up another document from a witness who called the FBI's National Threat Operations Center,
07:45because I believe you just lied under oath.
07:47There is ample evidence in the Epstein file.
07:50Don't you ever accuse me of a crime.
07:52I believe you just lied under oath, and this is all on videotape.
07:56You said there's no evidence of a crime.
07:58I'm showing you.
07:59Here is a witness statement who called into the FBI's Threat Operations Center.
08:04He drove Donald Trump around in a limo.
08:07He overheard what Donald Trump said to Jeffrey on his cell phone.
08:10He was so angry he was going to stop the limo and hurt Donald Trump.
08:13And he met a girl who said she was raped by Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
08:18She later had her head blown off, and the officers at the scene said that could not have been suicide.
08:25No one, no one at the Department of Justice interviewed this witness.
08:32You need to interview this witness immediately.
08:36Epstein should rot in hell.
08:38So should the men who patronized this operation.
08:41And as we say here today, there are over 1,000 sex trafficking victims, and you have not held a
08:47single man accountable.
08:49Shame on you.
08:50If you had any decency, you would resign right after this hearing concludes.
08:54The time of the gentleman has expired.
08:57May I respond?
08:59Yeah, I don't know how you respond.
09:00No one can respond.
09:00I did not ask a question.
09:02He doesn't want to talk about the horrific crime in California.
09:05He does not want to talk about crime in his state.
09:10I did not ask a question.
