'The American people are watching': Epstein victims put Trump on notice

03 September

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-y.) speaking at the Epstein Files Transparency Act press conference on September 3, 2025 (Image: Screengrab via MSNBC / YouTube)

Several women who were victimized by convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reiterated their demand for full transparency from the Department of Justice (DOJ).

During a Wednesday press conference on Capitol Hill, the accusers — some speaking out for the first time — gave detailed accounts of their exploitation at the hands of Epstein and his chief accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The women called on the House of Representatives to support a bipartisan discharge petition by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who organized Wednesday's press conference, to force a vote to compel the DOJ to publish all remaining Epstein-related documents that have yet to be made public.

"The American people are watching. Which side will you be on?" said Sky Roberts, the brother of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre (who died by suicide earlier this year).

"The shame does not fall on these brave women," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said. "The shame falls on every single person that enabled it. The shame falls on every single person that took money to continue it. And the shame falls on the people in power over several decades who protected the monster, Jeffrey Epstein, and his cabal, who continued the nightmare."

Both Khanna and Massie are seeking 218 signatures on the discharge petition — dubbed the "Epstein Files Transparency Act" — in order to force a floor vote. Assuming all 212 House Democrats sign on, Massie only needs six Republicans to support his effort. He already has four Republican signatures — in addition to Greene's signature and his own, Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) have also added their names. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has not yet added her name, but spoke out in support of it upon her return to Washington this week.

President Donald Trump issued a veiled threat to Republican lawmakers on Tuesday night, with one unnamed White House spokesperson telling GOP members of Congress that the administration would consider their support of the discharge petition a "very hostile act." House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has proposed an alternate measure for Republicans to support, but Massie told MSNBC host Chris Hayes in a Tuesday interview that the speaker had "cribbed" three pages of his legislation "verbatim" and "took the teeth out of" the bill, making Johnson's resolution effectively "meaningless."

The New York Times has reported that the DOJ is sitting on roughly 100,000 pages of unreleased documents pertaining to Epstein's two federal investigations. And according to ABC News, some of the evidence categorized by the FBI contains potential bombshells, including a logbook of visitors to Epstein's private compound in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FBI also noted that the FBI indexed a "document with names," which could be the rumored "client list" that Attorney General Pam Bondi has said does not exist.

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