Epstein Victims Demand Release of All Files

A group of women who say they were abused by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell gathered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to share their accounts of sexual exploitation and put pressure on Republicans to back an effort that would force the Justice Department to release all of its files in the Epstein investigation .

The emotional appeal came as a bipartisan pair of lawmakers moved to collect enough signatures to sidestep House leadership and compel a floor vote on the matter, a maneuver that has exposed deep divisions among Republicans and drawn sharp resistance from the White House.

Speaking publicly for the first time about her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Marina Lacerda said she and other victims were “not going away” until the