[0:03]For months, I had to avoid Jeffrey. But he told me that if I wanted to succeed as a Ford model, he could make it happen. And he was right. He introduced
[0:14]me to Katie Ford and many others in the entertainment business. >> His grip on the modeling business was undeniable. Not just the Ford family,
[0:24]but Victoria's Secret, Faith Kates, John Luke Brunell, Victoria's Secret. Epstein's reach went to the very top of
[0:33]fashion. He could make a model's career. What I didn't realize then was that once he lured someone like me in, he could also destroy my career if I did not do
[0:44]what he wanted me to do. >> In New York City, countless young women were abused by him. Everyone in the industry knew. Yet he was too powerful
[0:55]to stop. He had friends in all of our entertainment and arts. And his value to those friends made him untouchable.
[1:05]But I ask you, why? Who was he to our government that he was allowed to operate openly for decades? That's the question. >> Why was he allowed to sponsor visas for
[1:17]young models using their immigration status as leverage to abuse them? >> How about that? How >> about it? >> And silence them. >> Epstein was not just a serial predator.
[1:27]He was an international human trafficker. >> And many around him knew this. Many participated and many profited.
[1:37]And yet he was protected. I know what it's like to be trafficked to others. I know that the files contain the names of powerful men who have been
[1:48]shielded because of their fame or their fortune. So I stand here today not just for myself but for every woman who has been
[1:56]silenced, exploited and dismissed. [Applause] >> Thank you. And we are not asking for
[2:06]pity. We are demanding accountability. Yeah. >> Congress must choose. Will you continue
[2:17]to protect predators or will you finally protect survivors? >> Transparency is justice, release the files, end the secrecy, and stand with
[2:27]us in declaring that no one, no billionaires, no politicians, not world leaders is above the law. [Applause]
[2:39][Music] And let me announce now, several of us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list of names. [Applause]
[2:54]>> We know the names. [Applause] >> Many of us were abused by them. >> That's right. Now together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names
[3:06]we all know were regularly in the Epstein world and it will be done by survivors and for survivors. >> No one else is involved. Stay tuned for
[3:18]more details on that >> because history is watching and so are the women who will come after us. >> That's right. >> Thank you. [Music]
[3:41]If that's not bravery, I do not know what is. >> Okay, we're bringing up another group of women.
[3:51]Danny, Jess, Haley, and Wendy. Come on up. >> Here we go.
[3:58][Applause] Okay. Well, this will be fun.
[4:13]>> So, my name is Ashley Rubé. Um, and I am a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein and Galain Maxwell. Some things I want to say
[4:23]to any survivors out there who feel like they don't matter. It it doesn't matter if you went once or countless times. We were groomed. We were manipulated. And
[4:35]we were taken advantage of. >> For decades, survivors have been suffocated by speculation. We've been mocked. We've been doubted. We've been ret-raumatized.
[4:46]While those that hide in while those responsible hide in secrecy, why don't we deserve justice? This is not partisan. However, this is
[4:57]very political as the only path to justice is through our political system and this is about justice. This is about accountability. This is about protecting
[5:09]the innocence of our children and honoring the dignity of survivors. Everywhere we turn, the story follows us. It's in headlines, jokes, music,
[5:20]grocery store checkout lines, random conversations that you hear people having in restaurants. For more than 20 years, we've been unable to escape it. And every time new
[5:31]promises are made, our sparks of hope are lit, only to be extinguished again. We are tired. However,
[5:42]we are not going away. >> That's right. That's right. >> We will not stop or give up. and we will be on the front
[5:53]lines of this battle. We are no longer scared. And let's be clear, there were so many
[6:02]enabling adults. >> Those enablers actively turned a blind eye and they are the greatest danger. >> And you know who you are,
[6:16]>> as do we. You allowed us to be abused for a fat check and a cushy life have.
[6:24]And to those in power, hear us clearly. Do your job. >> Release what needs to be released. >> Yes.
[6:34]>> And hold those responsible accountable. Survivors. Sorry.
[6:44]Thank you. Survivors deserve peace. Survivors deserve. Survivors deserve justice.
[6:54]And to my fellow survivors, your voice matters. Your story matters. And you matter. Together we are louder than the silence.
[7:04]Together we will not stop until justice is done. [Applause]
[7:22]Good afternoon. Um, wow, a lot of people showed out for us today. I wasn't expecting all this support. Um, what an incredible feeling. And
[7:32]thank you for everybody for being here. I'm going to try to make this as quick so the other girls uh don't have to be crunching for time. My name is Haley Robson. I came out in
[7:43]2019 on the documentary Filthy Rich. I have been very focused on bringing more awareness to all of the survivors. I am so proud to stand with them. I am so
[7:54]proud to be up here to support them because they deserve all the love and support. And I just want to say to the women who chose this moment to come out for the very first time about your
[8:05]abuse, I cannot think of a more important, greater purpose in life than to stand in solidarity when time is against us. When the politicians have
[8:16]made us an enemy, when the world is watching and everybody is hoping for some type of result. Thank you for choosing this moment for the first time
[8:25]to be so brave to come out and stand in solidarity. I prayed for a moment. I prayed for this moment where God would would fill us
[8:37]with reinforcements. I want to acknowledge all the women unfortunately that couldn't be here today because I think that is the only list of real great importance and we
[8:48]should never forget the voices that were not only silenced but that are not here today and we should never forget the sacrifices that they made.
[8:58]So today I would like to take a moment for Virginia Sky Danielle and Carolyn. Their voices were just as powerful and
[9:08]they were silenced just as much. And for some reason, I can feel their spirit, especially Virginia's today. She would be so proud and she would be so beside
[9:18]herself to see this one moment we have all came together to unite. and for our government and for the politicians who have taken our trauma and have weaponized it against us, making it
[9:29]unbearable, making it unlivable, making it hard to move on in a life that we wish to live in happiness and joy and peace and injustice that can only come
[9:39]from within at this point. And we have gotten to this point. Shame on you. >> Shame on you for using our trauma to weaponize this moment.
[9:50]We are not going to be fooled by your trickery. We are not going to be fooled by the lies, by the conspiracy theories. We are the keys to this situation. We
[10:01]have the truth. >> And the FBI knows the truth. The government knows the truth. You may pull the the wool over the sheep's eyes, but we are the keys. We know who was
[10:13]involved. We know the game. We know the players. and we are sitting here for 20 years waiting for you to get up and do something.
[10:23]>> Well, guess what? Your time is up and now we're doing it. >> How do you follow that?
[10:39]>> Um, hello everybody. My name is Wendy Pasante and I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein when I was 14 years old. Um, I'm not here to relive what
[10:49]happened. I'm here to be counted and to make sure others are counted, too. I once believed my silence was strength. Hold it together. Don't draw attention.
[11:01]Uh, today I know that strength sounds like my voice. It sounds like everybody's voice is up here. >> Um, silence only protects predators, not
[11:13]children. People ask, "What about the victims?" We're here. >> We're here today, and there's more of us. Uh, I stand with many who are still
[11:24]finding their words. I live in a world where being understood is a struggle, where people in power would rather sweep us under the rug in hopes that we'll go
[11:34]away. We won't. >> Um, >> being a survivor is not a headline. It's our life. We have to live it. It's panic in a
[11:46]grocery store. It's smiling at work while my hands tremble. It's waking up at 3:00 a.m. with my heart racing and not knowing why. It's living with PTSD, anxiety, and depression, and your
[11:58]nervous systems on guard at all times, even in the saf safest room around the safest people. >> Healing isn't tidy. It's therapy. It's
[12:10]weightless. It's trying a medication and trying again over and over for years. It's setting boundaries with some people who won't understand.
[12:20]Survival isn't weakness. It's wisdom we've earned. If you are a survivor hearing me, your voice is never too late, too much, or too little. >> If all you could do was show up today,
[12:32]you're already trying to make a difference. >> You You do not owe anyone your story. You are owed safety, care, and belief.
[12:43]Your breath is proof that harm does not get the last word. >> I'm not asking anyone to take a political side. I really don't even
[12:52]follow a lot of polit politics. Um, I'm asking you to take a stand in solidarity. Protect vulnerable, not the powerful.
[13:02]>> Protect children and survivors, >> titles, and reputations. Our silence doesn't keep us safe.
[13:13]>> And I hope today's courage from all of us ladies can help someone else be safer tomorrow.
[13:21]>> We are here and we refuse to be erased. >> So, thank you guys for listening to all of us and being here today.
[13:32][Applause] [Music] Can I give somebody the sign?
[13:47]>> Hello everybody. Thank you for being here. >> Good morning. As I stand here today and look around, I want to acknowledge
[13:59]what it feels like to be in the presence of these incredibly brave, powerful women that I stand up here with. I am so empowered by each and every one
[14:10]of your fortitude and I am following in the brave footsteps of those that came before me. While we each have our own stories and walk down different paths of life, we
[14:21]are bonded together as survivors. When I look into these beautiful faces, I am reminded that we all started our
[14:30]journeys with big hopes and dreams. Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Gillan Maxwell stole and systematically
[14:41]destroyed those dreams. We are a mosaic of shattered hopes and dreams at their hands. >> As an aspiring dancer, the manipulation came in forms of offering me dance
[14:52]studio space, discussing opportunities to meet with ballet masters, and aiding a very ill family member of mine. None of which would ever come to pass.
[15:01]Instead, I was left in a cycle of abuse that wore me down and broke me. When it happened, I would have to
[15:11]completely disassociate. Similar to a coma, my brain would need to protect itself. So, I would retreat and choreographing in my own head to escape the cruel acts that were being
[15:21]carried out on my body. After I would go to the studio, bundled in giant baggy clothing. I remember standing there staring in the mirror as if it were an
[15:31]empty void. I was past the point of tears. There was nothing left. I was a hollow shell of myself. I could no longer watch my body move,
[15:42]let alone dance. He had taken something sacred from me. Two decades later, I am still experiencing lingering effects of what
[15:51]happened to me as a teenager. I am just one story in the mosaic of women taking back their power by confronting the
[16:00]horrific truths of their pasts due to Jeffrey Epstein and Gillian Maxwell. We stand here today in the nation's capital for no other reason than to say that
[16:12]women's voices will not be marginalized. >> We stand together as a mosaic of stories, but we're also finding our way
[16:22]back to ourselves. We are reclaiming the fragmented shards of the hopes and dreams of our past to fa to paint a better future for the next generation of
[16:33]women. This story has come to Washington to be told. >> We will be heard. Thank you. [Applause]
[16:52]>> My name is Jess Michaels and I'm a 1991 Jeffrey Epstein survivor. 27 years. For 27 years, I thought I was
[17:03]the only one that Jeffrey Epstein raped. >> I believed I was alone and I was kept silent by the shame inside me and by the
[17:12]fear outside in the world. But I wasn't the only one. None of us were. And what once kept us silent now fuels
[17:24]that fire and the power of our voices. We are not the footnotes in some
[17:31]infamous predators tabloid article. >> We are the experts and the subjects of this story. >> Yes.
[17:41]>> We are the proof that fear did not break us. >> And we don't we don't just speak for ourselves, but for every survivor whose story is still unspoken.
[17:53]For those not with us today, >> for Virginia, >> whose courage lit the path and opened the door for us to walk through.
[18:04]This is what power looks like. Survivors united, voices joined, refusing to be dismissed. >> That's right.
[18:13]>> Know this. Justice and accountability are not favors from the powerful. Yes, >> they are obligations decades overdue. >> This moment began with Epstein's crimes,
[18:27]but it's going to be remembered for survivors demanding justice, demanding truth, demanding accountability.
[18:36]And we will not stop until survivor voices shape justice, transform culture, and define the future. We are no longer whispers. That's right.
[18:53]>> We are one powerful voice too loud to ignore. And we will never be silenced again. >> Thank you. >> Awesome.
[19:08][Applause] Thank you.
[19:20]>> Thank you.
[19:21][Applause] Okay, we're in the home stretch. Um, we
[19:37]are going to bring up Eric Fedulli who is a lawyer. Sometimes survivors are ready to be seen. They're not ready to be heard. And
[19:48]so we would love to bring you up because you represent so many survivors who are so critical to this story. [Applause]
[20:06]Good morning everyone. My name is uh Eric Fidali. Uh and I've had the privilege of representing up to 11 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. Uh and one of them is standing next to me here
[20:17]today. Uh this is Rosa. >> Good morning, Rosa. >> We love you, baby. Uh, you may not realize this, but what I
[20:28]just did is the first time anyone has ever said Rosa's name publicly as being attached and being abused by Jeffrey Yu. [Applause]
[20:39]>> Thank you. >> We love you. We're here for you, brother. >> And this is also the first time she has ever appeared publicly as a survivor of
[20:50]Jeffrey Epstein. And I say that because it was last night that she flew into Washington DC, inspired by the solidarity of all of you, by the
[21:01]compassion of all of you, and by the courage of all of you to come here today. >> And I'm so proud of Rosa and I'm so
[21:14]proud of all of you. But the truth is, Rosa shouldn't be here today, >> right? >> Rosa shouldn't have to be here today. And I'm going to tell you why. Because
[21:24]Rosa was trafficked from Usuzbekistan >> under the guise of a modeling contract in 2009. That means that Rosa wouldn't be here
[21:36]today if Alex Aosta had it had Jeffrey Epstein in his grasp had what every single law enforcement officer dreams of
[21:47]to stop a predator in his tracks. And what did he do? He gave him a slap on the wrist and led him to continue to abuse. >> And had he not, FC never would have met
[21:58]Rosa and Rosa would not have to be here today. >> Right. But none of you should have to be here today, right? >> None of you should have to be here today because if when Jeffrey Epste was
[22:09]finally arrested in 2016 and under federal custody, he wouldn't have been allowed to take his own life and avoid the accountability and justice you all deserve.
[22:20]And none of you should be here today because Galain Maxwell should not have been given a platform to deny the crimes against her who was convicted.
[22:32]That's right. That's right. >> That's right. >> Who was convicted of trafficking and tricking 14year-old girls. >> Right. >> She should not have been given a platform. And she should not have been
[22:43]rewarded after that platform and a minimum security resort. >> Right. That's right. >> Back to Florida. >> And none of you should have to be here
[22:53]today because they should just release the files. >> No more slow rolling. No more meetings. No more strategy, no more interviews
[23:02]behind closed doors. Release the files and give you all and Rosa the accountability, the exposure, and most importantly, the closure you all deserve.
[23:14]>> Thank you. >> Thank you. [Music]
[23:21][Applause] Where are you?
[23:50]note [Music] down to the United States, please.
[24:17]At this time, this group is in violation of DC code 22307 proudly instructing coding which space is unlawful for personal or copy to engage a demonstration in an area where is
[24:29]otherwise unable to demonstrate. You are in a yellow area which is only up to 30 people and no permits are issued. If you have a permit for a different area, you
[24:38]need to immediately remain in this area. When you're done giving warnings, you will be placed under arrest. Hey guys, wrap it up. Oh, let's get everyone out.
[24:50][Applause] over there.
[25:16]>> Okay, I can do it. [Applause] Yeah.
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[32:15]grass. Move over to the grass. All on the grass. They will There were two people here
[32:25]yesterday that are not comp. >> I love y'all. I don't want to see all
[32:42][Applause] Heat.
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[34:50]I may be asked again very very strict. You can't even sit on the wall. You can't even stand on it. Stand one behind
[35:00]on the grass right there. Just on the grass. just on the glass. >> Okay. >> Guys, guys, we are we are here for the
[35:13]survivors right now. We're not here to make a scene, okay? We are not here to make a scene. We're here to support not
[35:52]on the sidewalk. They'll arrest you. rest.
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[42:59]Thank you. Thank you. second. >> But I would like to say this has nothing
[43:10]to do with politics. This is not a blue thing or a red thing. This is an everyone thing. We can all agree on this. The injustice that has happened
[43:20]here. Multiple over and over. Everybody that talks about this just seems to make it worse. We need transparency.
[43:30]It's time for us to see beyond the curtain. Why was Jeffrey Epstein so protected? Who is still being protected? And who protected them all? So the world can understand how Jeffrey was able to
[43:42]abuse so many of us for so long. I was lucky to have Brad Edwards, Britney Henderson, and Paul Cassell take on my
[43:50]case proono and fight fearlessly over 20 years time. Uh, I would like to thank them and I'd also like to ask the Trump
[44:00]administration to please sign off on uh the Crime Victim's Rights Reformed Act, the Courtney Wild Crime Victim's Rights Reformed Act that's um we're trying to
[44:10]get passed here so we can close the loopholes in the CBR case that Epstein's attorney uh used to their benefit to get to get away with this. Thank you so
[44:21]much. [Applause] Good morning. Uh, first and foremost, we
[44:45]want to extend our deepest gratitude to Brad and Britney Edwards, Congressman Massie and Connor. and above all the brave survivors who
[44:55]have entrusted us with the privilege of speaking today on behalf of Virginia. Robert Duay as her family. We are here today because we support
[45:08]H.R.E.S. 581 the Epstein Files Transparency Act in its entirety. But as much as this bill is about shining a light on truth, it's not just
[45:19]about the bill. This is about justice. This is about survivors. This is about justice against the rich and powerful who have stolen something
[45:29]from these women and many children at the time. Their freedom. The freedom to live their life without mental and physical scars that have been inflicted upon them by those who thought
[45:41]they were untouchable. The same freedom that these monsters took from these survivors. They should never be afforded. They should never be allowed to continue
[45:50]their lives with impunity. Let's be clear. This is not a political issue. This is not about left or right.
[46:00]This is about humanity. This is about doing what's right. And this is about ensuring that the future we leave behind isn't one where the powerful can hide behind their wealth,
[46:11]their influence, and their money to evade justice. Our plea to you, whether you're a dad, a mom, a brother, or a sister, look your young ones in the
[46:22]face, look them in the eye and tell them you didn't stand against the very people who raped, molested, and
[46:32]prayed upon children and young women. Tell them you were willing to negotiate a deal. Money should never be what makes something right or wrong. If you vote
[46:44]no, your stance will be clear. You will be choosing to stand on the side of the rich and powerful, allowing money to buy your way out of the consequence.
[46:53]But here's my one ask. Look these survivors in the eye and tell them why. Then look the people of the United States in the eye and tell them why. And
[47:03]then when you're alone, look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why. Virginia said it best, and I quote, "I have physical and mental scars that will
[47:15]never heal. I have memories that will never go away." They say, "Time can heal, but this won't. Not until the justice system makes an example out of
[47:25]these people with so-called privileges. I just call it money." The only time I can begin to heal is when their freedom is taken from them, just like they did to me and literally
[47:36]thousands of other victims. The survivors of this horrific abuse are watching. The American people are watching. And history is watching. Which
[47:47]side will you be on? Thank you. [Applause] Hello,
[48:02]my name is Jenna Lisa Jones and I was only 14 years old when my friend brought me over to Jeffrey Epstein's house in Palm Beach in 2003.
[48:13]I had a terrible home life, but I was such an innocent kid then. I always did my best in school and I had such a
[48:22]positive outlook on life. Until that day that I met Jeffrey, I have never been more scared in my life than I was that first time that he hurt me. I remember
[48:32]crying the entire way home thinking about how I couldn't ever tell anyone about what actually happened in that house.
[48:42]This guy was so rich and had so many pictures with so many famous people and no one would have ever believed me if I told them. I want to thank Congressman Row and
[48:53]Congressman Thomas Massie for having me here today. It was really hard for me to find my voice and to become strong enough to speak about my abuse.
[49:03]I didn't come forward until 2019. And even when and even then it was like I was afraid
[49:13]of a ghost. I know that I was just a little kid, but sometimes I still feel like it is my fault that this happened. Being given
[49:23]the opportunity to speak at the United States Capital Building about something that is so important not just to me and the women before you, but to the entire country. Together, we can finally make a change.
[49:38]And that is thanks to the people like these two congressmen and their teams who actually care about the victims. If you are member of Congress and you are listening to all of us speak here today,
[49:50]please really listen to us. Please vote for this bill to be passed. Please recognize how important it is for transparency relating to Jeffrey
[50:00]Epstein. Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, this does not matter. This is not about sides. You are an American and you are a person who has chosen to
[50:10]serve in an elected position to stand up for those you represent who cannot always stand up for themselves. We are those people. We are the Americans that
[50:20]you promised to protect and you and we need your help. Please, President Trump, pass this bill and help us. Make us feel
[50:32]like our voices are finally being heard. >> Thank you. [Applause]
[50:53]>> Good afternoon. My name is Haley Robson. I was a 16-year-old high school student athlete who made good grades and had high aspirations for college when I was
[51:03]recruited and asked by a classmate of mine alongside with a 20-year-old male if I wanted to give an old rich guy a massage. But what high school girl would not want to do that? That day changed my life
[51:14]forever. And when I got into the massage room, Jeffrey Epstein, undressed, and asked me to do things
[51:25]to him. My eyes welled up with tears, and I have never been more scared in my life. When it was over, he made he paid me $200 and requested in exchange that I
[51:35]bring a girl each time to make another $200. I told him I did not want to do that. And then he gave me an ultimatum. either you come here and massage me when I call you or you bring me friends of yours to
[51:47]massage and I will give you 200 per girl for each time she comes. I felt and hoped to never hear from him again, but he called me every day. He was so wealthy and powerful and he would not
[51:58]let me go. I felt I had no choice. If I disobeyed him, I knew something bad would happen. So, knowing I did not want to be sexually abused, I'm sorry.
[52:09]I started to bring him other girls from my high school and he paid me $200. $200 for bringing them. I just hoped each time it would be the last time. One day,
[52:19]the stepmom of one of the girls brought him and called the police on Jeffrey Epstein. The police then called me called me in for questioning. I had told them the truth despite the fact that I
[52:30]was a teenager and a minor and I was able to tell the police the names of all the other victims. The police treated me like a criminal. I had by this time had
[52:39]turned 18. I had been with Jeffree since I was 16 and for two years. So they had told me I distribute I distributed to the So they told me I
[52:50]was going to be arrested. My name was then distributed to the press as a co-conspirator of my abuser who I detested. My entire world was crashing in around me and I started being
[53:00]threatened and bullied till this day still receiving death threats. I was singled out and for many years had to suffer a smear campaign of lies about me because of the way that I was
[53:12]portrayed by the press. The press made me out to be a predator when I was just a 16-year-old little girl who was sexually abused by a
[53:22]powerful man and an evil man. For years, I had no friends. My boyfriend was murdered and there was nowhere to turn. The government after in investigating
[53:31]more learned that I was true a victim, but the damage was done and it was too late. There was no way to undo the harm the press had caused me. In 2019, I met
[53:42]Brad and Britney. I met Brad Edwards and Britney Henderson. They changed my life and they believed in me and have helped me to finally
[53:52]heal. Healing is a process and I may never get there. But the passage of this bill requiring the government to produce all the evidence that it has gathered on Jeffrey
[54:03]Epstein and Golain Maxwell is a huge component of healing for me and for the many other women who have suffered for so long for many reasons. First, we and
[54:13]the rest of the world need answers. Why was he so protected? And why didn't anyone ever care to stop him? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to know that if he is spending thousands of
[54:24]dollars a day paying high school girls he abuses and other access to and had a lot of access to cash. I learned through my attorneys in the JPM uh JP Morgan
[54:34]class action case that there were years when his staff withdrew over a million dollar in cash a year.
[54:44]Was that not a big enough red flag? There were rier transfers to other victims and the government and the government did not protect us. The banks did not protect us. So lift the curtain
[54:55]on these files and be transparent. Every single time a new conspiracy gets circulated in the media, whether he is still alive, what powerful person had
[55:07]him murdered, who was on the Epstein client list, and there are names going around on Tik Tok and Instagram. We the survivors are suffering severely.
[55:17]We take our kids to school and everyone is talking about it. We can't read the news or do anything without hearing crazy stories that are a only able to live on because the government continues to hide the evidence and the truth. So
[55:29]people just make up stories. Those stories hurt. They hurt real people. Real people who have already been hurt. And we have lost so many Epstein victims to suicide. And maintaining the real
[55:40]truth and secrecy only allows for conspiracy theorists to tell lies that drives up our anxiety and fears and will continue to lead to more pain, more
[55:50]suffering, and honestly more deaths of innocent victims. It's time you do is right by us. Unseal all the documents. We are requesting transparency and I am
[56:01]requesting every congressman and women that goes against this bill be outed. I want to know. Thank you.
[56:10][Applause] >> Press and tear into Congress.
[56:23]>> Hi there. My name is Lisa Phillips and I'm the host of award nominated podcast called From Now On, a platform supporting survivors.
[56:34]I want to thank all of my survivor sisters who came before me. Today, I'll be very short. In the year 2000, I was taken to Jeffrey Epstein's island while on a photo shoot
[56:44]on a nearby island. Who I saw and what I experienced there was a was a glimpse into a very dark and
[56:53]disturbing world. For years after, I tried to avoid Jeffrey, but he had introduced me to Katie Ford, the owner of the Ford Modeling Agency.
[57:04]Epstein's reach went to the very top of fashion, arts, and entertainment. This did not just happen to underage girls in Florida. In New York City, hundreds of young, ambitious women were
[57:16]abused by him. Epste was not just a serial predator. He was an international human trafficker. And many around him knew, many participated,
[57:28]and many profited. And yet he was protected. So I stand here today for every woman who has been silenced, exploited, and
[57:38]dismissed. We are not asking for pity. We are here demanding accountability. And I'm demanding justice.
[57:48]Congress must choose. Will you continue to protect predators or will you finally protect survivors? And also I would like to announce here today
[57:59]us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list. We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Now together as survivors, we
[58:10]will confidentially compile the names we all know who regularly in who are regularly in the Epstein world and it will be done by
[58:20]survivors and for survivors. No one else is involved. Stay tuned for more details.
[58:29][Applause] Hello, my name is Shante Davies and I'm
[58:44]here before you today as a survivor, a survivor of decades of pain, trauma, and betrayal at the hands of Gilen Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein and the people who enabled them and a government that for
[58:56]far too long refused to help. In 2002, I was living in California. A young woman with high aspirations of becoming an actress. I was already beginning to make a name for myself in the industry. A person I trusted,
[59:08]someone I thought was a friend, invited me to meet a powerful woman who could help advance my career. That woman happened to be Gilen Maxwell. I was asked to give her a massage, though I
[59:18]had almost no experience. And when I did, she praised me and promised introductions to someone enormously powerful, someone who could change the course of my life. And that man was Jeffrey Epstein.
[59:29]At first, I was an excited young woman on top of the world. Epstein flew me to his private island. He listened to my dreams, promised to help. But his promises came with a catch. The abuse
[59:39]began. He told me to keep it secret. He manipulated me with with quidd proquo. I did not consent to, but I felt I had no one to turn to. He was too powerful.
[59:50]I was just one of the many young women trapped in his orbit. I was even taken on a trip to Africa with former President Bill Clinton and other notable figures. In those moments, I realized
[1:00:00]how powerless I was. If I spoke out, who would believe me? Who would protect me? Epstein hers himself was the most powerful leader of our country. Epsteed
[1:00:10]himself, I'm sorry, with the most powerful leaders of our country and the world. He abused not only me but countless others, and everyone seemed to look away. The truth is, Epste had a free
[1:00:21]pass. He bragged about his powerful friends, including our current president, Donald Trump. It was his biggest brag, actually. Um, and while I
[1:00:32]what I endured will haunt me forever. I live every day with PTSD. I live as a mother trying to raise my child while distrusting a world that has betrayed me. This kind of trauma never leaves
[1:00:43]you. It breaks families apart. It shapes the way we see everyone around us. But one thing is certain. Unless we learn from this history, monsters like Epstein will rise again. There are
[1:00:55]files, government files that hold the truth about Epstein. Who he knew, who owed him, who protected him, and why he was allowed to operate for so long without consequence? Why was Maxwell the
[1:01:06]only one held accountable when so many others played a role? Why does the government hide this information from the public? This secrecy is not protection, it's
[1:01:17]complicity. And as long as the truth is buried, justice will remain out of reach. That is why this bill matters. Passing it will, bless you, endure,
[1:01:28]ensure that the suffering of survivors is not in vain. Passing it will bring accountability, transparency, and prevention. It will help protect the next generation of predators who seek to
[1:01:38]place themselves above the law through wealth, influence, and connections. This is not just my story. It is about every survivor who carries invisible scars. It's about the weight we live
[1:01:49]with daily. It is about the families broken and the future stolen. So I ask you, President Trump and members of Congress, why do we continue
[1:02:01]to cover up sexual abuse and assault? Who are we covering for? Let the public know the truth. We cannot heal without justice. We cannot protect
[1:02:11]the future if we refuse to confront the past. Thank you. Let's just uh give a round of applause for all
[1:02:24]the cou courage and strength that the providers. We now will take uh a few questions. You
[1:02:34]can always get Congressman Massie, Congresswoman Green in the hallways and other places. If you have questions for us, that's fine. But I wanted to see first if you
[1:02:44]have questions for uh the lawyers and the survivors and Brad will facilitate any of the questions to the survivors. >> Yes. >> Yeah. This question would be for the
[1:02:55]survivors. Mr. Edwards, the president has said that this Epstein issue is a hoax is the words that he used. Can we get your reactions to what you think
[1:03:06]when you hear him say that? >> I'll answer that. Um, Mr. President Donald J. Trump, I am a registered Republican. Not that that
[1:03:17]matters because this is not political. However, I cordially invite you to the capital to meet me in person so you can understand this is not a hoax. We are real human beings. This is real trauma.
[1:03:28]>> What does it feel like emotionally to hear that? >> Devastating. >> It's being gutted from the inside out. Not that I would know what that feels like, but I imagine it's the anxiety
[1:03:40]buildup with the depression and the survival mode and then your nervous system goes limp and ironically is shot and it feels like you just want to explode inside because nobody again is
[1:03:52]understanding that this is a real situation. These women are real. We're here in person. To say that it's a hoax is just not Please humanize us. I I would like
[1:04:03]Donald J. Trump and every person in America and around the world to humanize us, to see us for who we are, and to hear us for what we have to say. There is no hoax. The abuse was real. Now,
[1:04:14]what goes behind closed doors, I can't speak for that. What happens around the world politically, I cannot speak for that. But I am here with all of these women, including our attorneys, and I
[1:04:25]would be more than happy to meet with him, and I will meet him halfway. >> Mr. I wonder if any of the victims could respond to the news from recently about
[1:04:36]Gla Maxwell being transferred to a lower security prison in the after speaking to Tom that one >> about
[1:04:46]>> I'm happy to speak to that. Uh we were horrified to learn that she had been transferred to a prison camp. Um she is
[1:04:56]someone who was found guilty by a jury of sex trafficking. She not only we often hear that she procured women for Jeffrey, which I think is a very sort of
[1:05:06]polite and minimizing term, she also participated in the abuse. She she was a major architect of the scheme. And the fact that she has painted herself as a victim, I think is is disgusting. And it
[1:05:17]was horrifying, I think, to us that we were not told about her prison transfer. We found out about it in the news. >> One minute. I think Anushka maybe. So um
[1:05:29]Anushka de Giorgio um I testified alongside Annie at the trial of Gillan Maxwell. I was horrified when I found
[1:05:39]out not only had Gilen Maxwell been transferred to what's called a you know a low security. It's it's really is like a like a
[1:05:48]holiday camp. And uh and then afterwards I got a notification from the Department of Justice telling me that this was going to happen when it had already happened.
[1:06:00]This woman abused children. I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein and
[1:06:18]Gilen Maxwell for over 10 years. Gilen Maxwell was present for some of my abuse at the hand of Jeffrey Epstein. She was present, she was confisc, she was
[1:06:27]enabling and it is appalling and disgusting and it's one of my worst nightmares that she not only be transferred but at the possibility
[1:06:38]that's very much going around that she might be pardoned. This is not okay, guys. This is not okay. >> And I just want to add that I think it sends a very dangerous message um to to our country, to the young people in our
[1:06:49]country, that someone that we all know is aware of these crimes could be given a pass. >> And just for the last the last survivor, the last survivor who just spoke, she said that that Epstein would would brag
[1:07:00]about her relationship with Donald Trump. Uh could she please elaborate about that? >> The microfil.
[1:07:08]Uh yeah, I I I did say that. my first trip to the Palm Beach
[1:07:24]residence. Um, I drove there from the airport with Gilen Maxwell and they Jeffrey and Gilen were always very boastful about their friends, their
[1:07:36]famous or powerful friends. And his biggest brag forever was that he was very good friends with Donald Trump. He had an 8 by10 framed picture of him on his desk with the two of them. Like they
[1:07:47]were very close. Go ahead. >> On this client list that your survivors are excuse me one second. One second called on me for this client list that
[1:07:59]you ladies are putting together. Um you said it would be confidential but will the >> Could you clarify? Will the public get to see that? >> So Lisa, what what's your envision here? >> Is it going to go to the public or just
[1:08:10]the survivors? >> No, we're reaching out to survivors that are scared. >> So come on. We're reaching out to survivors that are scared to come forward and that also know who they were trafficked to. So
[1:08:21]that's the list that we're compiling and we're not quite sure, you know, how we're going to release that or even if we're going to. The Department of Justice needs to release the list. >> Right. For folks at home, they might be
[1:08:32]confused. You know, the survivors know the names. You've seen these powerful people. Why can't you say the names? Could you could you just explain >> why do we have to say the names when when the government knows the names
[1:08:44]>> and and we're also scared to do so. Look what's happened to so many of the survivors that have revealed names. >> I find the question about the bill I I I think it's also worth saying that having represented I think between our firm and
[1:08:55]and Boyce Schiller hundreds of victims and we've talked to them about the various people that they were farmed out to. So we've created somewhat of a list. Most of these individuals, the victims
[1:09:06]are very scared to say these names because they could get sued. They're going to get attacked and nobody protected them the first time and that was against one person. So, is there a list? There is a list. But just to
[1:09:18]dispel kind of the the common theme here, every one of these women was abused by Jeffrey Epstein and his scheme was to personally abuse women. when they reached a certain age, he did farm a
[1:09:30]section of them, some of them out to some of his friends. That doesn't mean all of his friends. With that said, I'm more than happy to assist in helping create the list behind the scenes and
[1:09:41]see what we do with it. >> But if someone's interested, hold on, hold on. I think if someone's interested in prosecuting, they may have something different to say about sharing a list, but they're not sharing a list for nothing to happen. And that's the
[1:09:53]experience that they've had for all of these years. Mr. >> Thank you all. We're waiting to see the fate of this discharge petition right now as we're here. The speaker and others have said that the people he met
[1:10:04]with yesterday had concerns about your names being released if this bill were passed. And some people I talked to today are not signing the discharge petition because they say you don't want
[1:10:14]them to. Can you clarify if that is accurate? What are your do any of the survivors here not want the bill to pass? >> Yeah. First of all, first of all, our
[1:10:23]legislation Ro Connor and I went through this. We talked about this and we were very careful to make sure that there is an exception so that personally identifiable information, not just their
[1:10:35]names, but anything they could be identified by would not be disclosed. >> And can you speak to that as survivors yourself? Just >> I I think all of them are on the same page that they want everything released.
[1:10:44]>> I want the bill. >> Yes. unequivocally redact identally identifying information and release everything else.
[1:10:55]>> Question, thank you. I know it's your first time speaking. I'll go to Marina if we can. Sure. Marina, you have stayed silent for so many years. Today, this is the first time, if we understand correctly, you have never before gone
[1:11:06]public with your story and to share this. Can you help us understand why today? Why now? And why here? Well, it is not okay for us to be silenced and
[1:11:17]it's not okay for Jeffrey Epstein and everybody else to be put on a pedestal. I think everybody needs to hear from us because we know what went on, right? And
[1:11:28]there is not only me who who has been silenced. There are hundreds of women that are silenced. My hope is to stop this abuse for the future, right? For
[1:11:38]people that are coming up for women. my daughter for example these people have these women have daughters they they they most definitely don't want that
[1:11:46]anymore and um I think mainly it is it is this is therapy for all of us too you know we want to be heard nobody also has
[1:11:57]never asked me to speak that's also another thing so I can say for all of us here we are here we want this bill to pass it is very important okay and we need transparency we are tired of
[1:12:08]looking at the news and seeing Jeffrey Epstein's name and saying that this is a hoax. We are tired of it. We are done. We are not going to be silenced. And I hope that my voice will bring other
[1:12:20]survivors and other victims to come along and speak up so that we can be more of a stronger voice and louder. >> And so what is your message to President Trump on this?
[1:12:30]>> I listen I don't like to I don't want to send a direct message to him. Um >> I'm already scared enough. Yeah, just just pass the vote. Listen to
[1:12:41]us. This is not a hoax. >> Like >> it's not going to go away. And like I said on my speech earlier, we are not going to be we're not going to be silenced anymore. We will be speaking
[1:12:51]moving forward wherever we need to be. We will be and we need to pass this. >> Thank you, sir. Jordan Conrad from Gway Pundit. Um you know, for years we've heard that there was an Epstein client
[1:13:03]list or some kind of list. Now, we hear from the DOJ that there's no list for all the victims. What do you guys think? I I know you're working on your own list, but do you believe that Jeffrey Epste had a list?
[1:13:13]>> Yeah. So, so there's there's not a list. So, here's what it was. Just like you heard everybody today, Jeffrey Epstein created through an organization that of enablers of people that were on his
[1:13:24]payroll. It was a complicated scheme where others should still be investigated because they helped to enable him and operate this scheme. without those people, he could not have done this. But the purpose was for him
[1:13:36]to personally abuse people. With that being said, certain of his friends, he farmed out certain of uh the the women that he was exploiting to, but that
[1:13:47]wasn't the primary purpose of that scheme. And I don't think he wrote the names of those people down. There's not a a list of, hey, here's all of the people that I sent females to. That's just not how that organization works.
[1:13:58]>> Mr. Edwards agreed. Is there Jeffrey was involved with or tie to the CIA or a foreign intelligence operation? >> I think that the safest thing for me to say is all files should should come out
[1:14:09]whether it is for the with the CIA, Finen, SEC, FBI. Um I'm not just making these up halfhazardly. I'm I'm giving you a road map where to look.
[1:14:21]>> Go ahead. >> The Daily Caller was going to ask you the White House said that this discharge resolution is a very hostile act. What's your response and victim's response and thank you all for being here. >> I I I'll go first and then I'll let them. They're much more important than
[1:14:32]me, but I don't understand why it's a hostile act. I can tell you that I talked to President Clinton, I'm sorry, President uh Trump back in 2009 and several times after that, he didn't think that it was a hoax then. In fact,
[1:14:44]he helped me. He got on the phone. He told me things that were helping our investigation. Now, our investigation wasn't looking into him, but he was helping us then. He didn't treat this as a hoax. So at this point in time, I would hope that he would revert back to
[1:14:55]what he was saying to get elected, which is I want transparency. This about face that occurred, none of us understand it. In fact, I don't understand how this is
[1:15:04]a a an issue that's even up for debate. How do you not stand behind these women after you've heard their stories and know that hundreds of them were abused
[1:15:14]and it was only because files are being kept in secrecy? The world should know who he is, who protected him, and the other people that are out there to be investigated need to be investigated.
[1:15:24]>> Sir, we're miss any are there any people who are currently serving in government who are named who you know of are in these files
[1:15:34]who you had relations with, anything of that sort who Jeffrey Epste connected you with? Are you willing to say yes or no? >> I don't think I can answer. >> Mr. Edwards, right here, please.
[1:15:45]>> Mr. Sorry Robert saying they're being scared to talk.
[1:15:54]>> I think she's referring to my >> um hi Anushka de Giorgio. I have been threatened uh I was threatened by phone. My daughter was threatened when I was
[1:16:06]volunteering to participate in uh by means of of being a witness in a civil lawsuit that Virginia JRE was bringing against Gilen Maxwell. Um I have been
[1:16:16]followed. I have been stalked. I have been followed not only by journalists but by people who do not get out of the car and do not try and talk to me and
[1:16:26]just drive behind me as I drive my daughter to school. So the fear is very real for us. I have also been in multiple situations with both Jeffrey
[1:16:35]Epstein and Gilen Maxwell where they have been direct and indirect about implying and saying that if I was to
[1:16:45]talk if I was to bring any kind of trouble then there would be severe consequence including death.
[1:16:55]Just to add to that, um, you know, uh, Maxwell also threatened my sister, Maria Farmer. You know, when when the FBI did nothing about her initial report, you know, we did, uh, she reported
[1:17:06]individually at that time. And then in 2002, we spoke to a reporter at Vanity Fair telling our stories, fearful that perhaps other people were being harmed. You know, we were not, we we believed that was going to make a difference. We
[1:17:18]believed that would be put in print, and that story was crushed, and it was because of their power. And uh the the message that we got from that was direct
[1:17:27]threats from Maxwell to my sister about her well-being and her safety and that of our family. So there I think many people have similar stories of threats that has been a very real part of this case.
[1:17:38]>> Go ahead over here. Do any of today's survivors speaking? Did anybody here ever have any connection or or interaction with Epstein's alleged finance?
[1:17:48]>> No. >> Nope. >> You want to address? >> I I just want to say it. >> One thing that's very clear when people say, you know, please share names. Um
[1:17:59]there are names that are very wellknown like that of Les Wexner who everyone knows supplied an enormous amount of um Epstein's you know financial wealth and allowed this operation to happen. So
[1:18:10]it's I think confusing to many of us why there have not been more ramifications for for him and he's been seen as a victim when clearly um I I I believe there's more to it
[1:18:21]>> right here. Yes. So uh you represented Virginia Roberts pray for many years. She eventually had to recant the allegations that she made against Alan Dersawitz. She alleged that on at least
[1:18:32]six occasions were not. >> All right, next question. >> Why is it that she should be >> No, we're not answering your question. Anybody else?
[1:18:43]>> How did How did the victims feel about the interview that was given to Glen Maxwell by Todd Glad? >> Okay, ma'am. I think that you had a question. >> We're good, guys.
[1:18:53]>> When you talk to my question, you don't care. when you talked in the past on MSNBC about the existence of the Epstein birthday vote, have you yourself in the course of litigation seen it?
[1:19:05]>> Um, >> I don't I don't know that we're able to reveal what we've seen and what we have not seen by way of protective order, but my point being in that circumstance was if anybody wants answers, there's an
[1:19:16]easy place to get it. I told you where to get it. I said the estate of Jeffrey Epste has it. Serve a subpoena on them. They'll turn it over. And if we had served a subpoena on them in the past, they would have turned it over and we
[1:19:27]would have seen it, which I don't usually miss subpoenas like that. So there we go. >> Let me just say one thing, >> you know, to the to your question about
[1:19:37]the uh the allegations. There's a simple answer. Release the files. Let the American public decide. Instead of harassing, instead of I gave you your saying
[1:19:49]allegations against a prominent individual among others and then other council, you know, even he knows what I'm talking about that contains
[1:19:59]hugely salacious. >> You've been heard. You've been heard. >> Shouldn't you tell the public about this? >> You've been heard and even Alan Ders even Alan Derswood says to release the files. Release the files. That is the
[1:20:11]answer. And that's what we're here for. That that and that is elaborate. [Music]
[1:20:28]You said that Donald Trump gave you help in 2009. Can you elaborate on your interactions with Donald Trump back in 2009? And for any of the victims, did anyone ever see the president, but then
[1:20:39]not president yet, but do you ever see Trump with Epstein in any way? >> I I don't know who's uh I I don't I don't think that we can answer that question. Did anybody see Trump with Epstein back then? This is really not a
[1:20:49]political thing. We want the passage of the bill and this is not to call out President Trump interaction. >> My point was that he was friendly back then, did not think that it was a hoax and was trying to help and now it seems
[1:21:00]like all of the sudden somebody's in his ear and he's not. So, I'm hoping he'll come back to where he was back in 2009, be on the side of the victims, and stand with us. >> Go ahead.
[1:21:12]>> I wanted to ask the victims what they thought of the interview with Todd Lance with the deputy attorney general. >> Do you want to answer?
[1:21:22]>> I would step up. I would uh Teresa J Holm uh >> happy to speak on that because >> what I will say is she got this airtime
[1:21:34]and platform her voice was elevated way before our voices were elevated here
[1:21:41]today and that same calm manipulative voice that she had so
[1:21:50]polite there that day with Todd Blanch was the same polite, coercive, manipulative voice that I
[1:22:00]heard as she was grooming me to then send me off to the home of Jeffrey Epstein where he would assault me. So that's what she was doing for hours,
[1:22:11]speaking with me, building relationship with me, building trust with me, allowing me to believe that I was going to get this job, a dream job, that I had
[1:22:21]been recruited from my college, flown across the country from Los Angeles to New York City to interview, so I thought. So her voice that day was the
[1:22:32]same voice that sent me off to a monster. So believe nothing can be believed from
[1:22:39]what she says because she's she's been uh charged with perjury. I myself could sit there and listen and as I did I sat
[1:22:49]there and listened to this woman's voice lie and there was no push back from Todd Blanch because does he even have the
[1:22:58]facts to be able to push back on her? >> We could sit there and push back. Why didn't we get to attend that? Why weren't we there that day? Or why wasn't
[1:23:08]even one of us consulted prior to that day in that meeting? And why on earth has she been moved from Florida to her?
[1:23:18]It basically is prison spa. I mean, you know, let's be real. None of us were consulted. I found out just like everyone here found out through the
[1:23:30]media, through all of you. We found out about Gilen's transfer. So, we are all I'm very angry to sit there and listen. The feelings that come
[1:23:41]up listening to this woman's voice is repulsive. Yes, I would say it's triggering. We all work very hard on healing
[1:23:50]and it still gets to us after two decades. It's a very long answer, but that it's it's repulsive to sit there and listen to her voice in her interview. C
[1:24:02]>> can we take can we take two two more questions? One over here. >> My reporting in Kennedy Barrett directly led to a$100 million payment from JP
[1:24:12]Morgan to the Virgin Islands. Will you go after the DOJ, the FBI, because they're sitting on evidence? I've held
[1:24:21]the evidence in my hands. that >> there I I I think that there's there's nobody that's immune from us going after them if there's a legitimate action to
[1:24:33]take. So to the extent that that evidence exists, then show it to us and and and we'll help in every every way we can. We stand with the victims. >> Share it with you. >> Okay. >> One more. Can the survivors speak to uh
[1:24:44]speaking of being threatened and being afraid to come forward with the story to the case of Katie Johnson who alleged that Donald Trump and Jeffrey >> I I don't think we can talk about I don't think we can talk about that case
[1:24:55]I I I do think it's worth saying though despite the the the comments that he made Virginia Roberts Du Fray is an American hero she is somebody she is somebody without whom we would not be
[1:25:05]able to have this voice she was the one who had cou courage to name names speak out against people and and she is standing up against everybody at one
[1:25:15]time with an enormous amount of pressure >> and most of these women are here because of Virginia Robert. >> All right, last one. >> Johnson says he's protecting the
[1:25:26]innocent. Who are the victims? Do they think the innocent people are that he's protecting his mind? >> Clearly not us. just releasing >> I don't think that anybody knows but I
[1:25:37]can tell you that in the in the uh oversight committee meeting yesterday they indicated that they were all for transparency releasing the files and asked us to hold them accountable. Is that right?
[1:25:48]>> They said hold hold them accountable. So we intend to hold them accountable >> the men accountable that are in those files they say to them >> we we're we're going to show them where to go with it and uh as long as they're
[1:25:59]doing their job they should. I'm going to turn it back over to uh Rocon. Thank you. [Applause] Let let me just say this. Let me let me say this. I think the people back who
[1:26:10]are testifying here today are speaking out today. They are American heroes. Let's give them a another round of applause. And you see, look, uh Thomas Marjorie and I, we're huge believers in the First
[1:26:21]Amendment and we believe in free speech and we take abuse all the time. But you see you you see why it's so hard to do what they have done because they come
[1:26:31]forward and you subject yourself to national scrutiny and national questioning. And I just want to say from the bottom of my heart how appreciative
[1:26:40]I am and uh how proud I am uh of what you've done today. You've made a big difference. Before I bring on uh Marjorie and then Thomas will have the last word. Uh I want to summarize three
[1:26:52]basic things that I heard from the uh survivors. First, they want to know why our government covered up for someone
[1:27:02]rich and powerful. Why is it that we have two Americans? People say, why do you need to release the Epstein files if Epstein is dead and Maxwell is in jail? Because we don't know who who all was
[1:27:13]involved in the cover up. Why is there why are there rich and powerful people who didn't have justice? They want to know that. Second, many said it's important for their own closure. They
[1:27:23]don't know their own abuse. They want to understand what's in these files for themselves. And third, we heard that there are many others who obviously were involved and they want to know. And the
[1:27:33]American people deserve to know what was there in those files. I actually think they're helping us come together as a country. I've never I've never done a press conference with Margie Taylor
[1:27:43]Green before. You know, I've done some with Tus, but look, this is such a This country is divided. It's exhausted. It's This is one thing, one thing that we can come
[1:27:55]together on. >> And I I I didn't I was very clear with Thomas, this is not against President Trump. I would like nothing more than a truth social post for him after this press conference saying just release the
[1:28:06]files. Be with be with Massie Kana. I This is This is about something much deeper. It is about bringing this country together to stand for America's
[1:28:15]kids, to restore trust, and to move this country forward. So, thank you to the survivors for helping us do that. Now, I want to introduce Maria Telegram.
[1:28:25]>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> For everyone watching at home, I think it's important to put yourself in these women's shoes. Uh, as you're
[1:28:37]questioning, why can't they just name the names? What you don't realize is they just told their stories of being raped and being abused, being
[1:28:48]victimized, being manipulated, being coerced, and basically held in a prison of captivity of sexual abuse. While they were young, young teenagers and
[1:28:59]extremely young, vulnerable women. And in Jeffrey Epstein's home and the places they went with him, they saw the most powerful people in the world in his
[1:29:11]pictures and they saw him with those people. Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to name names like that? These are some of the richest, most
[1:29:21]powerful people in the world that could sue these women into poverty and homelessness. Yeah, it's a scary thing to name names, but I will tell you
[1:29:32]I'm not afraid to name names. And so if they want to give me a list, I will walk in that capital on the House floor and I'll say every damn name that abused
[1:29:42]these women. I can do that for them and I'd be proud to do it. Now another thing this is not about politics and this is a
[1:29:54]boiling point in American history where the American people just like Ro just said there's become two Americas. This there's the America for the rich and the
[1:30:05]powerful and the elite where they never face any struggles or problems and never experience what what real America goes through. And then there's forgotten
[1:30:15]America that faces all the problems and deals with all the issues and never gets justice for being sexually assaulted and
[1:30:26]raped by a monster. It shouldn't exist anymore. And people are sick of it. So, let's recognize the fact that the administration before and
[1:30:37]the one before it and the one before it and the one before it and before it never did anything about this. So, this isn't one political party or the other.
[1:30:47]It's a culmination of everyone work together to silence these women and protect Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal.
[1:30:58]And this is not just rich, powerful people. think his drivers, his maids, his chefs, all the people, his ma people that worked in his home, security
[1:31:08]guards. I heard one story from a young woman that was being raped by Jeffrey Epstein when he was out on work release
[1:31:17]while he was serving time in prison and had an ankle monitor on his leg. Guess what? There was a police officer outside
[1:31:26]that door. So this list of names is quite a list of names and it doesn't extend just in the rich powerful circles. It extends down to the very
[1:31:36]bottom where people were paid. And again, I will say this, there's victims suffering today in similar circumstances and they're terrified to
[1:31:48]name the names of the people that are currently abusing them. And so with these brave, courageous women fighting this fight, this is a fight for women
[1:31:58]and children and any person that is facing sexual abuse and rape and captivity and human trafficking right now. And so here's what I ask you in the
[1:32:10]press. Don't go for salacious headlines. go for the truth and defend these women and help those of us in Congress that
[1:32:22]are crossing our political party lines for do and doing the right thing and trying to do it together. And thank you Ro and thank you Thomas. And now I
[1:32:32]recognize Thomas Massie from >> Well, there's three branches of government and we're supposed to keep
[1:32:43]each other accountable. And that's what we're doing here today in the people's house. We're standing in front of the people's house with real people, not a hoax. And they've told their story. We wanted to give them a platform to speak
[1:32:55]and they've had it. They stepped up and they were brave. But I also today hoped that they would persuade my colleagues to join this effort.
[1:33:05]But I found out something today that happened that I wasn't expecting. They persuaded me to fight even harder. I'm not going to give up.
[1:33:15]And I want to end with this call to action. First, a call to action to my colleagues who just an hour before this press conference were prepared. They were given a fig leaf. We'll put a
[1:33:27]resolution on the floor. so that you can say that you voted to protect the survivors. The resolution doesn't really do anything. And that's the oldest trick
[1:33:37]in the swamp. When you want to kill the momentum, when you want to kill initiative, you introduce a placebo, a different bill that does nothing, and
[1:33:48]then try to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people. That's not going to happen this time. We demand real accountability.
[1:33:58]I encourage my colleagues, please, there's over 200 Republicans who have not signed this discharge petition. We only need two of them to sign it. And
[1:34:09]every Democrat will sign it, and that will get us the number we need to force this vote to pass a law, not a polite request to the DOJ to police themselves.
[1:34:19]No, we need legally binding legislation to force that to happen. And my main call to action is to the people watching these live feeds that are going through
[1:34:29]these cameras right now. >> Congressmen, listen to you. Light up their phones. Burn down the phone lines here in Washington DC. Ask them the
[1:34:41]questions that these survivors wanted you to ask them. What are why won't you be for transparency? don't accept their answer that the bill
[1:34:52]has a flaw or that the survivors don't want it. We know that's not true. They wouldn't be fighting it so hard in this town if it wasn't the real bill.
[1:35:02]>> So, with that, please call your congressman, tell him or her to get on this bill and to stand up for these survivors. Thank you and God bless.
[1:35:10]That's the end.