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Epstein’s Victims Aren’t a Hoax
The White House has tried to quell the story with its usual “nothing to see here” approach, but it’s not working.
Speaking out.
Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesSurvivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein have a direct message for Congress — particularly for Republicans who spent years calling for more information about the sexual predator’s circle of well-connected friends, and who have somehow now lost interest.
Their message, both about their own abuse and a seeming cover-up? “You have a choice. Stand with the truth. Or with the lies that have protected predators for decades,” said Anouska de Georgiou, an Epstein survivor, at a two-hour news conference in Washington on Wednesday.