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avoid being late Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sexual assault expressed disappointment at A document dump that was heavily modified And only partially released.
Justice Department thousands of documents released Friday concerns a convicted sex offender who died by suicide in his prison cell in 2019 as he was accused of sexually abusing and sex trafficking underage girls.
Despite Congress passing a bill, Which was signed into law by President Donald TrumpThe Justice Department said it would seek additional documents, forcing the government to release all documents by Friday. “A few weeks” to make everything public.,
The trove of documents included a 100-page file that was completely blacked out. Representative ro khanna – A California Democrat who sides with a Republican congressman thomas massey Kentucky led the charge to release the Epstein files – saying the documents were highly redacted.
“The most important documents are missing, they have been heavily redacted,” he said told The disgraced financier’s 60-count indictment and the 82-page memorandum supporting the allegations have not yet been made public, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said, before reaching a plea agreement on sex crimes in 2008.
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer said, “I don’t have much confidence that everything will be revealed.”
“A lot of effort, money and time has been invested in reform. Not to protect victims, but to protect those in power,” he said in a statement. shared By CBS News’ Scott McFarlane.
Haley Robson, another Epstein survivor, said she voted for Trump but regrets it. Independent“I knew going into this and knew how Trump likes to play his little strategies. I knew because of the obstacles we had already set up and the negligence of the administration, I already knew that we would not be able to see the files the way we should get them.”
Robson wants to file the lawsuit because she said the Trump administration and Justice Department have not complied with the Epstein file bill.
“I told my lawyers there have to be consequences at every level. It can’t just be consequences on the people who trafficked us and abused us. There have to be consequences on the system, what the system is, what you’re seeing right now, and how they’re basically dragging their feet,” Robson said.
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels, told “Even with an Act of Congress we are seeing exactly the same delay, negligence, corruption, incompetence that we have consistently seen and advocated for,” said Nicole Wallace of MS Now.
Liz Stein, who has also accused Epstein of sexual abuse, told the network, “I think the best way the American public can support us is to continue the pressure and demand accountability from our government for releasing all this information.”
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement Independent“The Trump administration is the most transparent in history.
“By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigation of Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump administration has done far more for the victims than the Democrats have.”
One document that came to light was a 1996 FBI complaint made by Farmer’s sister, Maria Farmer, another Epstein survivor.
The report claimed the disgraced financier stole photos of her then-12-year-old and 16-year-old sisters and sold them to “potential buyers.”
Farmers’ names were omitted and they were described only as “professional artists”. It stated that he had taken photographs of his sisters for his personal art work. the farmer told the new York Times The photos also included nude photos. The case is classified as “child pornography” in the complaint.
The complaint also says that Epstein requested Farmer to take photographs of young girls in swimming pools and that he threatened to “burn down her house” if she told anyone about the photographs.
In a statement broadcast on CNN, Maria Said“I’m crying for two reasons. I want everyone to know that I’m shedding tears of joy for myself, but I’m also shedding tears of sadness for all the victims that the FBI failed.”
Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Annie confirmed that she is the 16-year-old girl mentioned in the report. She began to cry, saying, “Just seeing it in writing and knowing that they had this document this whole time, and how many people were harmed after that date…has been very emotional.”
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene – a Georgia Republican Who recently had a public disagreement with TrumpPartly because of his support in releasing the Epstein files – wrote On
“Why are the survivors fighting for the release of all the files?” Gloria Allred, an advocate for Epstein survivors, Asked In an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “It’s because they want accountability. If there are rich, powerful, famous men who are involved or aiding or abetting the sex trafficking of underage girls, they want to know who those people are.”
There are certain documents that the Justice Department is not required to release, including anything that could reveal the identities of victims, anything depicting the sexual exploitation of children and anything that could jeopardize an active federal investigation.
Eric Garcia contributed to this reporting.