The Epstein Files reveal incredible abuses of children and unspeakable depravity.
Such a level of depravity can only be carried out by the most powerful, wealthy people who have the means to commit these crimes in private, and the power to keep from being held accountable.
Nick Bryant, an investigative journalist, often cited for his early work in exposing Epstein’s “Little Black Book” and for lobbying for the release of sealed Epstein documents, says Jeffrey Epstein trafficked underage girls for 25 years, and the youngest girl on record that he trafficked is 13. But, he adds, there were girls younger than that. “I know therapists who counseled victims who were under ten years old when trafficked by Epstein.”
In the Epstein files, one woman talks about being enticed into Epstein’s orbit by false promises of modeling jobs. She said she ended up raped by Trump at the age of 13 when she was a virgin.
Documents detail how Epstein and Maxwell used extreme control measures, such as confiscating passports of 15-year-old girls to force them into sex. In one instance, a woman alleged being held hostage at a Canadian estate for several days and abused by multiple men.
Pages from the Epstein files posted on Facebook mention a pregnant girl giving birth and say that the infant was murdered.
Juliette Bryant, who Epstein trafficked, said she thought she was going to die when Epstein sexually abused her on a flight to the Caribbean, and said she was raped repeatedly by him after being recruited in 2002. See more here.
A lawsuit in the files alleges that billionaire Leon Black raped a 16-year-old girl with Mosaic Down Syndrome at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion in 2002. The complaint says she was trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Some perpetrators’ names are revealed in the files, but many others are redacted (no doubt to protect them). However, the victims’ information has not been redacted as the Justice Department instructed, leaving the victims publicly identified and vulnerable.
NBC News gathered survivors together after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent hearing on Capitol Hill where she tried to defend the Justice Department’s actions. The survivors spoke out at the gathering.
One speaks about Virginia Guiffre (who committed suicide): “She had proven herself in court to be a truth-teller. Virginia was trashed for her allegations. We know Virginia named over 40 names. They refuse to investigate those people.”
Another survivor said, “I hope the American people can stand behind us and demand justice. We should be putting those names up. What boards are they on, what companies do they own? We should not be supporting any of those.”
Another survivor said, “We’ve heard several times our government say, ‘We’re moving on from this.’ And that just enrages me. Survivors have been speaking out, starting three decades ago.”
Another one said, “You carefully took the time to redact all these powerful rich men. You really wanted to silence us. If anything, this encourages us to speak more. The perpetrators need to be investigated.”
Another said, “The Department of Justice, which is in charge of seeking justice for all Americans who are victims of crimes, they just completely let us down.”
The Justice Department estimates that there are as many as 1,000 victims, but there has been no indicting and charging of any of the criminals for these crimes, in contrast to actions being taken by several European countries against their perpetrators.
Kim Villanueva, the president of the National Organization for Women, which was heavily involved in the lobbying effort to compel the release of the Epstein files, said:
“I’m sure there are survivors and victims of sexual violence seeing this happening and thinking: ‘Well, these files are being released but nothing’s happening.’ It is symptomatic of a broken system of how we treat women — how we view survivors,” she said.
Of course, it’s not just Trump who is mentioned in the Epstein files. Wealthy and prominent people in finance and in government from all over the world were involved not only in the abuse of children, but also in illegal financial schemes facilitated by Epstein. Ryan Grim in a Drop Site News video said, “He was moving a lot of money, doing a lot of tax crimes and money laundering and shipping diamonds.” Some say there has been cooperation of U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies and that Epstein himself may have been a CIA and Mossad asset.
Participants in the Epstein crimes are part of a global elite, a web of power reaching across the US, United Kingdom, Israel and Europe. This elite has the means to ensure government and corporate media cover-ups. They feel they are beyond the law. There are no rules that apply to them. They are free to do anything they want that gives them sick pleasure or great wealth. They don’t fear being disclosed.
Every one of the criminals who participated in Epstein’s child sex enterprise should be brought to justice. Join the growing movement of people and organizations that demand justice for the survivors.
See link to Democracy Now video: “Nobody’s Girl”: Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Details Sex Abuse by Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew here.
Karel Riley works with the People’s Tribune, and its bilingual sister publication, Tribuno del Pueblo, as a writer and contributor on human rights and women’s issues. “I’ve been a feminist since early adulthood. As a clerical worker, I joined a union drive with AFSCME seeking comparable wages to men for female-dominated jobs, and we were partially successful. In the mid-80’s our union participated in the historic Hormel strike in Minnesota. Later, I joined others in support of a local welfare rights organization,” she says.
