All posts tagged "Epstein Survivor"

A mobile trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein has seen thousands of Americans line up to get a first-hand look over the past few weeks, a fierce rebuke of what Miles Taylor, former senior Homeland Security official, argued was President Donald Trump’s efforts to “censor” Epstein survivors.

“Trump tried very hard to censor the victims. What a fool. By doing that, he put them in the spotlight. So we proudly handed them a bullhorn,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published Friday on his Substack.

Trump led an aggressive campaign last year to block the release of Epstein-related files, a campaign that included unprecedented meetings in the Situation Room. And last month, three Epstein survivors were ejected from Trump’s midterm convention after an independent journalist who was accompanying them asked a GOP congressional candidate about Epstein....

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner notified the FBI of Jeffrey Epstein and reported that a Playmate was sexually abused and trafficked by the late financier, according to new court documents reported this week.

The FBI reportedly ignored several of Hefner's tips about Epstein for 15 years, according to NewsNation.

Court records show that Audra Christiansen, a former Playboy Playmate, told Hefner in 2005 that she was an Epstein survivor and asked Hefner to contact the FBI. She suggested that authorities would be more likely to take his call over hers because of his status....

Several Jeffrey Epstein survivors and family members met with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, describing the meeting on Thursday as "deflating" and detailing what happened behind closed doors.

Blanche, Trump's nominee for attorney general who has been facing tough questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing over his involvement in the release of the Epstein files, was pressed by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to immediately meet with Epstein survivors. Tillis made it clear that he would not vote to approve Blanche until the nominee met with them.

Late survivor Virginia Giuffre's brother, Skye Roberts, and his wife, Amanda Roberts, spoke to CNN anchor Jake Tapper just after the exchange with Blanche. ...

Jeffrey Epstein survivors are marking Trump's 80th birthday with a pointed gesture that he will not want to see.

Marina Lacerda and Andrea Sterling called out Trump's ties to Epstein as his 80th birthday present in a recent interview with journalist Aaron Parnas.

The two women walked Parnas through a space filled with the voluminous Epstein files known as the Jeffrey Epstein Reading Room. Lacerda said that part of Trump's birthday present is calling attention to what she renamed "The Trump Epstein Reading Room."...

Three Epstein survivors confronted Rep. James Comer (R-KY) in a moment that made the GOP lawmaker visibly uncomfortable, just minutes before a closed-door interview with former Attorney General Pam Bondi was set to question her on Friday about deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

As Comer was taking questions from the press, he was forced to respond to the victims who were on Capitol Hill before the House Oversight Committee meeting. The closed-door interview was not videotaped but was expected to focus on the "sloppy rollout of the Epstein files," MS NOW anchor Ali Vitali reported.

"In a remarkable moment just a short time ago, a group of Epstein survivors peppered oversight committee Chair James Comer with their own questions ahead of Bondi's session," Vitali said....

An attorney representing 11 accusers of late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said now ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi would still have to testify before lawmakers — and that it would be up to her to speak openly.

Bondi was still slated for a sworn deposition on April 14, and Arick Fudali told CNN that he wasn't sure what Bondi would say.

"She still has to testify," Fudali said. "I guess the question is now she has less to lose. Right now she is no longer under the force and the pressure of the Donald Trump administration for every breath she takes to be in praise and to be pro-Donald Trump and perhaps even anti-survivor, anti-transparency."...