About a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, and family members of his victims, fronted the cameras today as the US House of Representatives prepared for a milestone vote to release the so-called Epstein files – records from the Department of Justice investigation of the now-dead financier’s crimes.
That vote – expected some time after 6am – is now certain to pass, potentially unanimously, after President Donald Trump reversed course less than 48 hours ago and encouraged Republicans to support releasing the files.
Members of Congress and survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse on Capitol Hill ahead of a pivotal vote on releasing the Epstein files.Credit: AP
Sky Roberts, whose sister Virginia Roberts Giuffre survived Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring. She died in Western Australia earlier this year.Credit: Bloomberg
The bill would then go to the Senate and, if successful there, to Trump’s desk. The president has said he would sign it into law.
For survivors, families and friends, the vote is a watershed moment in a decades-long fight for justice that saw them pitted against not just Epstein, his money and his powerful friends but, at times, the US government and justice system.
Read North America correspondent Michael Koziol’s full update on the Epstein files.
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