BREAKING: Epstein Survivors Excoriate Pam Bondi For DOJ's Handling Of Epstein Files Amid House Probe

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:01]Uh, good morning. I'm Lauren Hirs, the CEO of World Without Exploitation.

[00:00:07]In November, President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and survivors were promised truth, transparency, and accountability in a way that no previous administration ever did. And at that time we were hopeful.

[00:00:30]But in the last six months we have seen anything but truth, transparency and justice. Survivors deserve answers about why their private information has been released not once, not twice, but three times even after their attorneys told DOJ that their names had been released.

[00:00:59]They deserve answers as to why key records remain withheld.

[00:01:05]They deserve answers why some names of those who exploited these women were redacted time and time again.

[00:01:17]They deserve answers of why critical leads that could identify additional perpetrators, enablers, and bi buyers have not been fully pursued. As a former prosecutor, I understand investigative leads. And these files, the three million that have been disclosed, contain lots of investigative leads.

[00:01:39]They are there in black and white. And the survivors deserve to know why we are being told that these leads are not being followed. Former attorney Pam Bondi's testimony should never happen behind closed doors in a room without cameras and without the public being able to see what is asked, what is answered, her inflection and her body language. After months and months of victim's names being revealed again and again and nude images of some of these vict victims being released to the American public, now you're asking them to trust a clo trust a closed door process where she can decide when she wants to go off the record. This is patently wrong. Survivors have testified again and again. They've filed police reports.

[00:02:35]They've spoken to the public. They've spoken to you, the media. They have asked for meetings with DOJ. Let me say that again. They have asked for meetings with DOJ.

[00:02:47]And maybe someone's gotten a meeting, but these survivors sure haven't.

[00:02:53]They have relived their trauma again and again in the hopes that the government would finally provide them with truth, transparency, and justice. And I can assure you of one thing. We will get there. It may not happen today or tomorrow, but these women are not going away. We're going to get there. And so once again, Epstein survivors are back in DC. They're here today. They're willing to speak to all of you. They're willing to meet with DOJ. They're willing to meet with Republicans.

[00:03:27]They're willing to meet with Democrats.

[00:03:29]They are willing to meet with anyone because for them, this is not about politics. This is about their lives and they are ready to answer your questions even if Pam Bondi and DOJ does not.

[00:03:44]With that, I'm going to introduce my friends and colleague Charlene Roshard.

[00:03:53]>> Hi, my name is Charlene Roshard. In some of the pages of these files is evidence of a teen model who traveled the world in the fashion and beauty industries. And in that world is where I met Jeffrey Epstein's network.

[00:04:10]The name the same pages were ignored by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Today, fired former US Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before Congress about how the Department of Justice mishandled the Epstein Files. This mishandling may violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act, federal privacy protections, and DOJ procedures for safeguarding sensitive evidence.

[00:04:41]She clearly has a problem with transparency as she is now appearing only in a closedd dooror unsworn setting and will not be filmed in a process that shields her from answering the hardest questions.

[00:04:57]Under her watch, millions of pages of Epstein documents were released in ways that protected the powerful while exposing survivors.

[00:05:08]And because of this, she could be stripped of her law license due to the egregious violation of the Crime Victim's Rights Act.

[00:05:18]Authorative sources show she is under scrutiny for other potential legal violations, including subpoena, non-compliance, false statements, mishandling evidence, and violation of federal law.

[00:05:33]Congress and the DOJ are now examining whether those actions cross into criminal activity.

[00:05:41]And now she must answer for all of it.

[00:05:44]This epic failure wasn't a harmless oversight.

[00:05:49]It was a failure of duty, a failure of the law, and a complete failure of just basic justice.

[00:05:58]Leads were ignored. evidence was mishandled and there are crimes buried in these files that still demand accountability.

[00:06:08]This is why legislative advocacy matters to me even at the level of the department of justice especially at the level of department of justice. I am here today because reform is needed at every single level. From how evidence is handled to how subpoenas are enforced to how survivors identities are protected and yes, especially how the Department of Justice chooses its attorney general.

[00:06:41]I am here today because reform is needed at Oh, sorry. My work now is to make sure that what happens to me and so many other survivors is never allowed to happen again.

[00:06:59]And I will keep pushing until accountability isn't just a talking point, but it's the law. Thank you.

[00:07:11]>> That was awesome. Thank you, Charlie.

[00:07:13]Um, hi, my name is Danny Bensky.

[00:07:16]I was 17 years old when I was abused by Jeffrey Epstein. I was a high school student. In classrooms all over the US, we are taught with liberty and justice for all, that justice piece really needs some work. I am one of the hundreds of survivors who had their most personal and sensitive information released by Pam Bondi, Todd Blanch, and the Department of Justice.

[00:07:41]If your neighbor published all of your personal information on a public website, would that be criminal?

[00:07:47]How about if they shared intimate details of the most harrowing moments of your teen years?

[00:07:52]What if you knew they published porn without the consent of those involved?

[00:07:58]Maybe even a photo of you that you didn't even know existed. Would you consider any of that to be a criminal act? Let us be clear. What Pam Bondi and Todd Blanch have done is criminal. They have broken the law.

[00:08:16]And yet they decide to use government funds and taxpayer dollars to criminally investigate our survivor sister Eugene Carol instead of pursuing a single investigative lead from the 3.5 million files of documents from the US's largest sex trafficking ring. We deserve more than a transcribed interview. We deserve a proper under oath sworn deposition that is filmed and released. We deserve to hear every inflection, see every reaction, and digest this information in real time so that we can figure out a response for ourselves. As a nation, we deserve more than closed door backroom deals. We have already been through five administrations and AASA's 2008 plea deal. What is it going to take for transparency and consequences for criminal activity to exist? Pam Bondi and Todd Blanch have derailed the lives of so many survivors. They have serious questions to answer for. So, for the Epstein time, when do we get investigations?

[00:09:23]And who the hell are we protecting?

[00:09:25]Thank you.

[00:09:29]>> Oh, sorry. There are leads. Yes, there are leads. There are lots and lots and lots of leads in the files. Um, so these are regarding Indik and Khan who would be uh the accountant and the lawyer and you can see that they are uh Khan, Richard Khan is taking large withdrawals of money um and is very much aware that he's talking about Jeffrey needs $6,000 for his black bag. Black bag was to pay m for massages. Um, that's just one.

[00:10:00]That's a small one. But you see all these leads here. You see names, tons of names that we have shared time and time again with everybody closed door. We have shared them with the FBI.

[00:10:14]That's why we have 302s because we were talked to by the FBI or went with a statement. We have plenty. There's a map of co-conspirators. Who are these people? Why are they not out there? So, we have done our job. We have gone to the FBI. We hope Kosh Patel can reach out and maybe we can help him. Thank you.

[00:10:35]>> Thank you.

[00:10:38]>> Hi everyone. I didn't write anything because I think this is something that um it has to come from the heart. We are extremely frustrated with the cover up with the DOJ with Todd Blanch and Pen Bondi. Everybody asking us to go to the FBI. We did not need to go to the FBI.

[00:10:57]We have done that numerous of times. And at this point, the cover up and the failure of the DOJ and by our government has gone far enough. So at this point, we want to just help people understand that we will continue to fight. And along with my sisters, my survivor sisters have said, we have leads, we have names, we are all reading the same file, are we not? We are allowing the government, the DOJ, this administration to gaslight us. So, let's follow the leads. Let's investigate.

[00:11:36]Thank you.

[00:11:38]>> This is I'm sorry. I'm Marina Lasser, by the way. Minor victim one.

[00:11:46]Good morning. My name is Liz Stein. I was 21 years old in 1994 and a senior in college when I met Jeffrey Epstein and Galain Maxwell. I've spent more than 30 years living with the consequences of what happened to me. More than 30 years carrying memories, trauma, questions, and the lifelong impact of being victimized as a young woman.

[00:12:12]I've spent those 30 years doing what so many survivors do, trying to heal, trying to rebuild, and trying to move forward. But healing does not eliminate the need for accountability. And that's why today matters.

[00:12:28]For years, survivors have come forward.

[00:12:31]We've reported abuse. We shared what we knew. We told the truth. We trusted institutions that asked us to trust them. And we did so because we believe the system would do what it promised to do. Investigate these crimes, pursue evidence, and hold perpetrators accountable.

[00:12:54]Instead, many survivors have spent decades watching opportunities for accountability come and go while people who caused us harm have continued with their lives. That is not a political failure. It is a moral one.

[00:13:11]I have in my hands several investigative leads. This is a map of potential co-conspirators. As you can see, many of the people on this graph have been blacked out. We want to know why.

[00:13:28]I'm also holding in my hand an email dated July 24th, 2025.

[00:13:38]This is from Pam Bondi and um Todd Blanch's Department of Justice and it is a email that has a list of potential co-conspirators.

[00:13:53]We don't know what happened. We don't know if any of these co-conspirators were investigated. That's why we need answers.

[00:14:01]When survivors identities are exposed while perpetrators are protected, that tells us something. When investigative leads are ignored, that sends a message.

[00:14:14]When transparency is withheld, that should cause concern.

[00:14:19]It tells us that the pursuit of justice has become secondary to the protection of institutions and powerful people. And that should concern every American because the question before us is not whether these crimes occurred. The question is whether we as a nation are willing to confront the full truth of them. The tragedy of the Epstein case is not only what happened to us. It is that so many opportunities for sue accountability have been missed afterward.

[00:14:50]I'm here today because survivors deserve better. The American people deserve better. We all deserve dignity, transparency, and accountability. And after all these years, we deserve to know that justice in America is not reserved for the powerful, but available to everyone. Because justice delayed may be justice denied, but justice abandoned is something far worse. And we are not giving up this fight.

[00:15:21]>> Could you say your first and last name again?

[00:15:23]>> Liz Stein. S.

[00:15:26]>> Yes. Thanks.

[00:15:32]>> Can I move this up?

[00:15:38]>> It's good. Okay. Hi, my name is Laura Bloom.

[00:15:42]The first thing I want to say before I read my remarks is we are tired. We are frustrated. But Todd Blanch, Pam Bondi, Donald Trump, we are not going away. We are going to be here until we have answers. And if we do not have answers in this administration, we will get them. We believe that justice will happen. I stand before you not just as a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, but as a testament to the countless voices that have been silenced, ignored, and forgotten. Each one of us here carries a story. A story of trauma, betrayal, and unyielding fight for justice. Imagine for a moment the weight of knowing that the very system meant to protect us has instead exposed us to further harm. Who approved the release of documents that revealed our names and shattered our lives once more? This is not just a question. It's a plea for accountability. The individuals entrusted with our with our safety have turned into the architects of suffering.

[00:16:50]Pam Bondi, as a as our former attorney general, you had the power to shield us.

[00:16:56]Yet, you allowed our identities to be paraded in public, leaving us vulnerable to the very predators we sought to escape.

[00:17:07]Why was there no cross-checking of the names of survivors? Why were we not treated with the dignity we deserved?

[00:17:18]The failure is not simply bureaucratic.

[00:17:20]It is a deep betrayal that lives through our lives. The release of nude photographs and deeply personal materials is not just an oversight.

[00:17:33]It is a crime against dignity. Who will be held accountable for this breach?

[00:17:40]We demand to know why no one has faced consequences for these errors. Can you comprehend the pain of watching powerful individuals evade justice while survivors are left to bear the scars of their inaction.

[00:17:57]We've been told that the investigation is over. Yet every day new evidence emerges. All the evidence is in the files. New voices join the chorus of the unheard. Did the DOJ or the FBI truly investigate every individual named by victims? How many are left unexamined, their crimes buried under layers of bureaucratic indifference? Survivors have bravely come forward sharing their stories of abuse only to be met with silence and neglect. Why should we believe that this time will be any different?

[00:18:34]Why should we trust that the investigations into our suffering is anything but a facade? The files reveal a wealth of leads, yet they remain untouched, gathering dust as we continue to grapple with our trauma. Let us not forget that every name on those files represents a life shattered and a dream stolen. We deserve more than acknowledgement. We demand action. The DOJ and FBI must commit to pursuing these leads with urgency. they deserve.

[00:19:02]We need to know why specific individuals identified across multiple documents have never been investigated or charged.

[00:19:13]This is just not about us. It's about all of humanity. It's about ensuring that no one else endures the pain we have faced. Every survivor deserves justice. Every voice deserves to be heard. And every perpetrator must be held accountable. Thank you.

[00:19:35]My name is Andrea Sterling. I am a survivor of Jeffrey Epson and I'm breaking my silence because I'm done. I was living in New York when I was brought in by underage girls just like me by then who were also victims trying to do what was done to them. Nobody told me what I was really walking into and that was part of the trap. What happened in that room was the most violating experience in my life. No child, woman or human being should ever be disposable to powerful men.

[00:20:07]We carried this for decades. They carried on careers and powerful protected and power protected by the very system that was supposed to protect us. We are demanding real prosecution, no seal deals, immunity or exceptions regardless of wealth, title or connections. If these men had not targeted us, if these men had not targeted us, we would have never walked to that door. We would have continue our teenagers activities. Our future would have been different. We deserve justice. We deserve closure for ourselves and and for every family that has carried this weight alongside us.

[00:20:51]The United States is losing respect globally and those responsible are still protected by the system. We are not going away and everyone in the government will show us exactly who they are. People of justice or people protecting power.

[00:21:08]>> Thank you.

[00:21:11]>> We'll we'll take we're happy to take a couple of questions if you have them.

[00:21:17]Were you satisfied with you had saying that they've now conducted 13 interviews related to the FD investigation? Were you satisfied with that response and what to make since you're saying in the last six months you really haven't seen any progress?

[00:21:38]>> I mean I'll start and then you guys can jump in. But I we have met with Chairman Comr's office. We think that this is just the beginning and we are grateful that he has taken this immensely seriously which he has. Um but we know that this is one step in a marathon and the government needs to to get to business because there's a lot of information that needs to be uncovered.

[00:22:07]There's a lot of leads that need to be followed and there are a lot of people that need to be brought to accountability.

[00:22:14]Sarah Kell reportedly uh named several men that she said her any indication that there's been any investigation into any shooting in the >> We don't have that information.

[00:22:28]>> Has any investigation been started?

[00:22:31]>> We don't have that information either.

[00:22:33]>> There you go.

[00:22:35]Why do you think that uh the former attorney general uh won't do this in public, won't do it in a formal setting, and won't do it on a video?

[00:22:50]>> I don't know. by all mean >> I really hope that we are not using Pam Bondi as a scapegoat because I fear that everything is going to fall on her shoulders when Todd Blanch had quite a lot to do with this. Um he is not the choice I think any of us would have picked to be AG after he moved Gillan Maxwell um to a lower security penitentiary. She's basically at a country club and there's never been an answer for that. So a lot of the time I feel that Todd Blanch is actually more dangerous in a lot of ways than Bondi.

[00:23:29]So I hope that they both work together and answer some serious questions.

[00:23:33]>> How about the FBI director Cash Patel?

[00:23:36]Do you have any thoughts about this?

[00:23:39]>> I think um Okay. So what we're hearing from congressional leaders is that the files are coming to them redacted. So even though it they're saying that Congress can go in and see the unredacted files, that's not really true because they're redacting them within the FBI. So I actually feel like Kosh Patel has exactly the same amount of questions to answer as as Pampani.

[00:23:58]>> And you would like to see him testify?

[00:24:00]>> Yes, I would.

[00:24:03]>> The other thing that's just worth saying is that there was an internal memo within DOJ that I think was dated July 24th with a list of Oh, here we go.

[00:24:15]um with with a list of um people that caused harm to some of these survivors.

[00:24:24]On I believe September 17th, Cashwattell um spoke in front of Congress and said that there are no credible leads. I'd like to know what transpired between this date with this document and September 17th because it would seem that there would have to be a tremendous amount of investigation into all of these people and that's not information that we currently have. So, we would love for him to come in and give us some explanations.

[00:24:52]>> Maybe stop this party and actually show up for us. That would be nice.

[00:25:02]I think I sorry I'll take more um yeah I I just you guys can step in please but you know something that we did get out pretty much the only thing that we got out of the last bonding hearing was that she said that investigations had been started and all of us turned around to each other and said wait who what when where and then she was fired. So you know we we really have answers on that too. We hope that there were investigations that were started, but we're getting so lost in translation.

[00:25:26]And I think that the survivors really need to be included in this entire conversation because we have done so much work as far as bringing leads to the FBI, telling our stories over and over again um in giving testimony recently. I mean, it's just it's non-stop. So, um we do hope that they're investigative leads.

[00:25:49]>> What do you make of the fact that Obviously represented by DOJ attorney.

[00:26:00]>> We couldn't hear. I couldn't hear.

[00:26:01]>> What do you think about being >> We don't even understand why she needed an attorney to come here today. Does she really need one? She just has to speak the truth, right? I feel like that's all she has to do is to be honest, to be transparent. I think that's all we need here. It's just helping the cover up at this point.

[00:26:23]>> I think that for a former attorney general to be to be um represented by current government council is something that um should also raise eyebrows and cause concern. Um >> and also the timing of even being here on a you know um just just the sheer timing of we're here on Memorial Day week when nothing has been in session.

[00:26:52]Um and it's it's all of those distraction tactics, right? There are so many people that were in their home states um that had to fly back for this testimony. So, the fact that it's closed door, she has counsel that is problematic to say the least. There are quite a few issues with the way this whole thing has been structured. Um, but at least she's here. So, that's a step in the right direction.

[00:27:17]>> Are any of you today aware of survivors that are not here today that have been in touch with the FBI or DOJ?

[00:27:24]>> FBI. I mean, we've all we've given statement at the FBI. Sorry.

[00:27:28]>> Yeah. I mean, many of us have spoken to the FBI over the years, right? that that's a long you're talking 30 years, right? We know that the first report was 1996 with Maria Farmer. So, yes, the FBI totally. As far as the DOJ goes, nothing.

[00:27:43]>> Can I just take a moment? Um, I think that what we're not understanding in all of this press coverage is what we're looking at. What we're looking at is not the names of powerful men. What we're looking at is a sex trafficking operation that operated both in the United States and internationally. And so what we need to do as a nation is refocus um our Department of Justice is in charge of handling crimes and um protecting survivors and victims of crimes. And I think that that's really getting lost in all of the political discourse about this case. And I really just it's important for me that we bring our attention back to what we're looking at. We're looking at a crime and it's the crime of sex trafficking.

[00:28:34]>> Any comments ahead of Bill Gates's same situation? He might close a couple weeks.

[00:28:42]>> I mean, everybody on these lists should be in that room. That's for sure. But they should be in the room with a camera and sworn under oath. We don't care if it's Bill Gates. I I could run through these names. Every one of them should be in that room. But to have them in that room with a transcribed interview where we are not actually seeing what is transpiring, that is a problem not just for these survivors, for survivors everywhere and for the American public.

[00:29:17]And that needs to change.

[00:29:20]I think um also you know what we've seen so far in these hearings, we've seen a lot of perjury in these hearings happen already. Um that lead that I was holding up from Richard Khan earlier, it clearly states that he knew that he was withdrawing large sums of money. Um so we're having these hearings and we're talking and asking our congressional leaders what happens, what is the consequence when we find out that they are perjuring themselves or purging themselves, right? Um, and so and there really isn't a consequence. What they're saying is they'll bring them back in.

[00:29:53]So, we're stuck in a loop. Where is the consequence? When do we finally hold somebody in contempt? When do we finally get a hearing that is an actual sworn deposition, which is all we've been asking for.

[00:30:11]>> I think I think we need to investigate it. Sorry. I think it's an investigative lead. I'm not saying that he did or did not at this point because I that would be I'm not a lawyer. I am not um in that world. I'm a dance teacher, right? Um but there is evidence that that is the case. Um so I would hope that our congressional officials would really take that lead very seriously and look into it. And that's just one lead of many. Thank you.

[00:30:39]>> And I would like to read a lead. This is from the New York FBI to the New York FBI dated July 24th, 2025.

[00:30:51]I will be in the office within the next two hours and will handle task one from redacted to redacted. Why are these people redacted?

[00:31:01]>> That's the first question I have. Um J task 7/24.

[00:31:06]Ladies, sorry for the timing of this email. Just saw the late text on my phone and don't want to forget to send first thing. Redacted. If you are in early, would you please handle task one?

[00:31:18]Please copy me and redacted. Redacted.

[00:31:21]Let's work on manipulating the spreadsheet we have for number two.

[00:31:26]Tasks. One. Confirm. We interviewed cellmate of first suicide attempt.

[00:31:32]Apparently lawyer at the time made an allegation call. Mate tried to kill Epstein and send ASC redacted the 302.

[00:31:44]Task two, take these names and build out new spreadsheet along the dur on them.

[00:31:53]Yeah, but it just says Dro, >> Trump, Weinstein, Prince Andrew, Glenn Dubin, Jess Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, Alan Derich, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Howard Lutnik, Quanzi scheme and money laundering, Alexander Guest, Jean Lupernell, William Bar for being present when a girl was raped.

[00:32:15]This is the FBI to the FBI.

[00:32:20]What is the FBI and the DOJ? What are they doing?

[00:32:27]>> Thank you.

[00:32:28]>> Thank you.

[00:32:29]>> Thank you.

[00:32:30]>> Thank you. Okay. One more thing. Um me and my sisters, we have created a website by us for us. It's survivors.org.

[00:32:39]And on that website, we have a timeline of Epstein's crimes um that we know of.

[00:32:44]And we also have investigative leads on there and bios of survivors, the public survivors. Again, it's survivors sisters.org. Thank you.

[00:32:55]>> Thank you. Thank you.