Epstein survivor: ‘We’ll compile our own list and seek justice’
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Victims of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Tuesday that they are working together to compile a list of powerful figures connected to the disgraced financier after growing frustrated with the government’s handling of the case.
“A lot of us survivors know we’ve been compiling lists of our own, and we have so many other survivors,” Epstein accuser Lisa Phillips told NBC News in an interview. “Please come forward, and we’ll compile our own list and seek justice on our own.”
“I mean, I think that’s what’s going to happen next,” the former aspiring model added.
Epstein, who ran in elite social circles before he was accused of sex trafficking minors, died by suicide in a federal prison in 2019 amid intense interest in the case. The Justice Department has maintained that he didn’t keep a “client list” of others involved in his crimes.
Congress has been embroiled in the Epstein saga since lawmakers returned to the Capitol Tuesday from a month-long recess. The House Oversight Committee heard testimony from Epstein survivors in a closed-door meeting.
“Their stories are heartbreaking,” House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said during a subsequent Rules Committee hearing. “What they have suffered and endured should never have happened and is sickening.”
The Oversight Committee released a trove of documents from the Department of Justice (DOJ) related to the case. Many of the files already had been publicly available.
Meanwhile, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has filed a discharge petition attempting to force action on his bill with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) that would require the Trump administration to publicly disclose files and information related to Epstein’s case.
The Oversight Committee also has subpoenaed Epstein’s estate for additional documents spanning nearly three decades and is seeking a meeting with the late financier’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving 20 years behind bars after she was convicted of sex trafficking minors in 2021. She is appealing the conviction and seeking clemency from President Trump.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche also met with Maxwell in July to discuss the case and any additional details she may have about Epstein’s crimes. She was later moved to a lower security prison in Texas.