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Epstein survivors testify at Florida 'shadow' hearing

newsMay 13, 20265427,113

Epstein survivors testified publicly today at a House Oversight field hearing in Palm Beach, recounting decades of targeted harassment and sexual abuse. Several survivors said a secret federal deal let Jeffrey Epstein leave jail for hours during his 13-month sentence for soliciting prostitution and described ongoing intimidation afterward. Some survivors said the Trump Justice Department doxxed hundreds of victims, and Lev Parnas attended the hearing. Survivors urged Congress to expand the probe into Epstein's Palm Beach ties and to pass reforms to protect victims and hold officials accountable.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
@repstansbury.bsky.social

Epstein Survivor hearing happening in West Palm Beach now. We stand with survivors.

1246321h ago
Kiki 🌊🌊93

This country has failed them!

Justice 🇺🇦66

Katie and Jim Acosta started talking. bsky.app/profile/kati...

shjo.bsky.social54

While I understand the necessity of this, how much more do these women have to go through. 😥

Tiffany-GreenEyes40

Not a single republican showed up. That disgusting corrupt party no longer gets to talk about “law and order,” “family values,” “morality,” “protecting children,” or anything else! Their party protects pedophiles, human traffickers, rapists, and criminals. They all need to go. Vote for democrats.

Joe C.38

Keep doing the great work.

azraelthunderbolt.bsky.social32

And those who didn't make it alive!

Sunset Cove28

Release the unredacted Epstein Files. Trump is destroying our country and doing the bidding of Putin. Trump's a TRAITOR!

Fight for right24

And I'm willing to BET that NOT ONE republican is present there!! THEY KNOW they're guilty of these victims being abused by the Epstein cult, by AGREEING with the 'LEAD PEDO', T-RUMP, AND ALLOWING him to get away with those crimes!

The Trump Crisis24

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES AND PROSECUTE THE EPSTEIN CLASS!

Gina22

Thank you for your dedication to this horror I want accountability and justice

cagrizzly.bsky.social21

What other crime requires victims to constantly testify and do a full tour explaining why the crimes were bad and society should care? What kind of monstrous society have we become?

DudePool20

unfortunately, its in the state of Florida.

💙 🇺🇦 ❌ 👑19

This is a horrific reality! After hearing Roza say her name was in the files unredacted hundreds of times, I’m even more disgusted with the continuing abuse of these poor women!! Pam Bondi and all the rest need to be held to account along with the rest of the scum!!😡

Robert19

I stand by them, and I believe them! 🤜🤛

Yohannan18

End the pedo cult. Save us all, please.

tat1111.bsky.social14

When is Maurene Comey going to be questioned on what she witnessed while “investigating” this sick pedophilia ring?? She certainly saw some material that the rest of the world need to know about.

The Trump Crisis14

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES AND PROSECUTE THE EPSTEIN CLASS.

Tamera12

I wish they would name names. The perps aren’t going to sue them because discovery would entail opening the Epstein files

ridem24.bsky.social12

Once we start arresting the rapists, then there will be justice.

badbeagle.bsky.social12

When they accuse you of it being “performative”, the response should be “Hell yes it is”. Performed for the people not getting the full story.

Lorraine11

Please let them know that the majority of the American people also stand with them. Thank you Rep. Stansbury

Badger State Breakdown11

I'm all for this, but what will become of all this after this hearing? Why must these women go through this trauma over & over again. 😔 Will there be arrests? Will people get fired? Forced to resign? Or is this just more political theater? 🤷🏽‍♀️

T-Fish🇨🇦🍁10

With nary a republican in the room and very little MSM. How dare they!!! How fucking dare they!!!

Sunset Cove9

Release the unredacted Epstein Files. Trump is destroying our country and doing the bidding of Putin. Trump's a TRAITOR!

professorlamb.bsky.social9

If Trump hated Epstein, why did he reward U.S. attorney who gave Epstein a cushy deal when alleged pedophile was first charged with sex trafficking of minors? Could Trump be lying? Here’s my substack, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Alex Acosta, chrislamb406104.substack.com/p/if-trump-h...

How You Like Me Now?...9

Release what the law requires already. Not stuff related to the victims that is not supposed to be released. "2 Weeks" tRump... #OperationEpsteinFury #SendBarron #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinBallroom #EpsteinVisa #Maxwell #FollowTheMoney #StuckWithAMoronForAPresident

David9

Hope the Media is there. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-re...

mmaddytheonly9

But not one Republican shows up

How You Like Me Now?...8

Release what the law requires already. Not stuff related to the victims that is not supposed to be released. "2 Weeks" tRump... #OperationEpsteinFury #SendBarron #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinBallroom #EpsteinVisa #Maxwell #FollowTheMoney #StuckWithAMoronForAPresident

Doctor Synth8

Where is Trump? Because they’re not solely survivors of Epstein. They also survived Ghislane Maxwell and Donald Trump.

leajacobsen.bsky.social7

It's not lost on me the Men listed in the Epstein files get to Testify in private while the Survivors of the men in the Epstein files, have to Testify in Public.

Time For Some Good Trouble7

Can we get the live/stream projected on buildings surrounding maralago? Asking for a few million friends

KinawaGuy17

I still don't understand why they haven't released their own list of perpetrators. They said they would as a group months and months ago. What happened?

Mari Ullmann7

If you cared about survivors you would make sure that the New Mexico “Truth Commission” for Zorro would not be chaired by “someone with a financial relationship to the investigating firm and a career built inside the nuclear weapons institutional complex.“ open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...

wtf-2.bsky.social6

It's hard to believe after all these years of knowing what Epstein was no one has faced accountability except Maxwell. She is lowest of low to protect men/women whose vile acts to children she witnessed and participated in. She has no soul and deserves life in prison.

Tony Cowen6

What kind of justice can we expect from the Planet Florida? Oh I see, it's a 'shadow hearing.' "Maybe it will be on the CBS Evening News" he said before laughing himself sick.

diamond reigh (she/her)6

We stand with survivors. 🇨🇦

dianecheyanne.bsky.social6

How far will you go to seek justice? Start with the conflicts of interests into the investigation at Zorro Ranch.

WarriorAngel6

Beautiful, brave women. We must not fail them.

Kelly5

This is a Democrat-run shadow hearing, i. e. something that the Republicans in leadership should be doing but refuse to, because they're complicit in the cover-up. It demonstrates that the case is so full of horror and perfidy that no responsible adult would conceal it unless they were involved.

Theresa5

I stand by them, wholeheartedly, good luck girls!

Deep South Leprechaun 🍀5

Our Justice system is irreparably broken.

Colo Dude5

Trump raped kids. Republicans rape kids. Democrats feed kids. NOT THE SAME! FDT - 86 47 - DJT=POS Fuck MAGAts, every one of them. They are dirty, disease carrying assholes. Melania is a russian whore. Epstein had her first. 🤮 Republicans are 💯 responsible. Never forgive! SVSS! Fucking 🍊🤡

hopelaughlove.bsky.social5

Why isnt it streamed live?

Fearless Freddy5

RELEASE THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES & 86 47!!

NannyGoat7-115

Why on earth was it held in West Palm Beach! very disappointing. I would not trust that.

Freedom is not free!5

What’s that gonna do? Not ONE MOTHERFUCKER WHO RAPED, BEAT, TORTURED, and PROBABLY EVEN KILLED, has not been help accountable. It’s a circus going forward..

JusTrish4

If you actually stand with survivors then investigate the evidence sent to you by credible independent journalists&citizens that's been found in the only partially released files. For instance, the decades long corruption in your own state. Until that happens, anything else you do is just theater.

kevinzoidberg.bsky.social4

name names, please!! trump is a serial rapist but actual on the record details today will help get him and other trash removed from power and relocated to prison! america failed these victims, the fbi and police totally failed them, but this is a public event right now in different circumstances

Wit Happens4

I am happy they are getting a chance to be heard. BUT, it would be WAY more meaningful if something would actually happen to the perpetrators.

Malbert4

This country has failed woman and children completely. We are at risk because this has not been prosecuted.

bazcity.bsky.social3

Thank you for your tireless efforts on this. I hope House Dems organize a series of hearings for the survivirs...just like the Jan 6th hearings...optimized for primetime cable and digital/streaming.

Willow Tree3

Epstein Survivors and this is just a few out of many more that live in fear. How can we as Christians continue to support this man that calls himself King, the second coming, the president. He is filled with Filth, Hatred, Revenge and Retribution when he is the one that needs to be prosecuted.

fauxrrari1.bsky.social3

now lets see how many, and which, major news orgs pick this up. At all.

T Antony 🏳‍🌈3

Where are the calls for special prosecutors for the FBI, DOJ, Blondi who helped cover this up for eight years as AG of Florida? Americans will not get justice if no one goes to jail.

AvA3

put these filthy rich pedophiles in jail

Trump 20283

Thank you for giving them a voice. It’s about time that Clinton is held accountable!

How You Like Me Now?...3

Release what the law requires already. Not stuff related to the victims that is not supposed to be released. "2 Weeks" tRump... #OperationEpsteinFury #SendBarron #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinBallroom #EpsteinVisa #Maxwell #FollowTheMoney #StuckWithAMoronForAPresident

skygirl66.bsky.social3

“Ninety eight percent of perpetrators walk free. And for every one thousand sexual assaults, fifty reports lead to arrests, 28 cases lead to felony convictions, & only 25 perpetrators are sentenced to some form of incarceration.” Megan Cutter, Chief of Victim Services at RAINN. Not to mention pedos

CL3

I long for the day when victims & survivors aren’t required to tell their trauma over and over and, instead, the perpetrators are forced to confess their crimes and face the consequences

Kim Whitesell3

I watched it it's heartbreaking but worth listening too

angelofephesus.bsky.social3

Hearings and meetings that unfortunately don't really help things. Trump is still president and free. That's an atrocity in itself. A monster has the authority to destroy and kill, so that's what he's doing. But let's bring everyone else in but him for questioning. Yeah, it's not working.

Claudia Krieger3

As far as Trump is concerned, these Epstein survivors…

🇨🇦 Proud Canadian Atheist 🇨🇦3

If you stand with the survivors...Then 8647!!!

Cye A. Sterling3

Zero media coverage. Instead all I see is that Hegseth has run up another 4 to 200 billion dollars in Iran and nobody knows if it's closer to the 4 or the 200.

MaggieFlynn3

Please tell me they are naming names.

Genesee3

Sending strength and support to them.

Nancy3

Did they all fly into the airport named after their…. RAPIST?

nomeka.bsky.social3

Great Job to bring Epstein victims testimony in courts. djt certification history 😁 youtu.be/R-SxktKa7Fc?...

gertie8668.bsky.social3

No making the survivors testify and tell their story and yet Congress has NOTHING to show for it. Just re-traumatizing these women. DO SOMETHING. Put some in jail until they go to trial. Do not let them release Maxwell.

Tygerfire3

SOMEONE HACK INTO FOX NEWS AND AIR THIS

redwingfaninca.bsky.social2

Holy Moley don’t watch this if you get motion sick

ladyracer71.bsky.social2

WHY West Palm Beach & not the Senate?? In FLorida, where the AG (Pam Bondi, got bought off to let him slide) & where Donald tRUMP financed CHILD MOLESTATION & CHILD RAPE!!

mytb38.bsky.social2

Where the fuck is the media (CNN & MS now) a why NO live coverage like when Trumps is rambling about nothing that he falls asleep, wall to wall coverage. Real news is getting harder to find! Hopefully there is better coverage of the Zorro Ranch!

DragonMusing2

Stand with them how, exactly? In an unpublicized hearing where they have to expose themselves yet again, to have nothing happen? You are not standing with them. You are sitting in front of them. Why are the perpetrators not answering to interrogation instead of the victims?

Mike and Carol and Luffy2

We Stand With The Survivors! Believe the Victims!

ayeshabarb.bsky.social2

At dentist and can't un mute my phone. Are they naming names?

Absurd_Dad2

Love this in chump's backyard

RonnieMac🇨🇦2

Thank-you for giving these survivors a voice.

oldcc.bsky.social2

Give these survivors my best They deserve justice I watched my daughter go through this hell Their rapists need to be put away for life

Ingrid 2.02

Can they please just name names & end this once & for all? Dragging this & teasing bombshells is wearing thin for everybody. I want justice for you guys but not possible without you sadly having to be exposed. No win I know.

Sandy2

Is this an indication that the State of Florida or the City of West Palm Beach is thinking about charging those sick phucks? Or is it just more putting on a show to make their constituents think they actually care?

Bijou wants to eat the rich🏳️‍⚧️☕️2

Please pass this along. Make logic make sense again! Release the files! Trump has still not met with these survivors during his terms as president. Yet had time to meet Nicki Minaj and go to sporting events and golfing. I truly believe Trump wasn’t just a client but a supplier to the traffic ring

advokat1.bsky.social2

Are congress critters there, hearing what these courageous women are saying? It would be beneficial if they start naming names.

ju-stice.bsky.social2

This hearing needs MORE media coverage!

Slade2

Stellar. Thank you for your presentation. Keep pushing. Name perps if possible, please.

Ron Dorland ©️🇺🇸🇺🇦2

Where can I watch this?

Queen Antifa (the OG) Team Pope Leo!2

Watching you right now. Very powerful testimonies from the survivors.

Janice Dow Mendelson2

not one word about this on Fox

mrg1956.bsky.social2

Will anything ever be done? Or is this another catholic church put heads in sand

ejcon3.bsky.social2

"This Department of Justice is following through on President Trump’s commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions ofJeffreyEpstein and his coconspirators,”saidAttorneyGeneral Pamela Bondi 2/27/25,today5/12/26 Different AG;WAR OR NO WAR!WHERE THE HELL ARE THE FILES!

Eugenia Elliason2

Not one second of coverage on abc world news this afternoon NOT ONE SECOND

land26.bsky.social2

The fact that these victims names were not redacted, but the assailants names were redacted is a heinous abuse of power, but what would we expect when we all know who they are covering-up for! The shame is that so many are willing to sell their souls for this disgusting abuse of people!

𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤
@saltybitchables.bsky.social

Great Britain has been ahead of the US when dealing with the revelations in the Epstein files. Epstein survivor, Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, ‘Nobody’s Girl’ has been named Book of the Year at the British Book Awards! #ProudBlue #GreatBritian www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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Christian Petersen56

I wish she were alive today to see how important her advocacy for the Epstein survivors was. For her vital part in stopping them from sweeping them under the rug. And damn all of the people who caused her so much pain.

lila7.bsky.social33

But who’s in prison? Who’s been charged with anything?

USA_Patriot_7628

It’s a tough read but a worthy one that’s worth the effort. One thing is certain, after reading this memoir, Ghislaine Maxwell should die in prison for what she did to these girls. Release the Epstein-Maxwell-Trump Pedo Files NOT the Epstein-Maxwell-Trump Pedo Philes.

T Antony 🏳‍🌈27

The entire world is ahead of the US on most everything. The US is now a third world lawless shithole as promised by the right wing.

Holding Onto Hope18

It’s a tough read, but she lived an even tougher life. She deserves justice as do all of the women who were abused.

bombaycrone.bsky.social18

We here in the United States don't like to read about our own failings. So many people don't read, can't read at a level that they probably wouldn't even understand what that poor young woman was saying.

Valerie 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇦12

It is a hard read because of the subject matter but very important. I hope those monsters she wrote about rot in hell.

Marty11

We just need MI6 to release every god damned file concerned with Trump's involvement.

mintoelliot.bsky.social11

A very well written book. Its a story about a woman's life: the suffering and the overcoming of so much to be more then a victim.

Zigzaggreen🇨🇦10

I got it but haven't read it yet. I'm not a big fan of reading about being abused.

Jackie Blue9

Get it now before the U.S. bans it.

Grolaw 🌐🇺🇦🇲🇽🇨🇦8

I bought the book the day it was published. Gut wrenching. #BuyIt

Perry Monster8

That’s what civilized countries do. The U.S. has never been truly civilized and it won’t be anytime soon.

northernrainforest.bsky.social7

It's looking more and more like the Epstein gang's operations were all about gathering kompromat on powerful men for the benefit of the CIA and Mossad. That not only explains why their child trafficking was allowed for so long in the US but their matter of fact heartlessness. CSA as spycraft.

kisstheSun2wice7

May she rest in peace.

Maggie Priceless7

Scotland Yard hauled in Andy the pervert. Trump is still in the white house. Not the same at all.

Rowicz (Row-vitch)7

#EpsteinList #EpsteinFiles #trumPSteinList #trumPSteinFiles #GOPPedophiles #Rape #ChildRape #PedoTrump #RapistTrump #SexualPredator #TrumpRapesKids #TrumpIsOnTheList #TrumpRapesChildren #PedophileOTUS #PedophileOfTheUS #PedophileOfTheUSA #PedophileOfTheUnitedStates www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...

Rebecca6

Just finished Virginia’s book. Rough read, but very well done and a must read, IMHO.

grandpamike.bsky.social6

You won't see that on the NYT best seller list, wonder why ?????

ELIZE5

That's a great start, but let's not forget the US has made progress too, albeit slower. What do you think it'll take for the US to catch up in holding those accountable? 🤔

Adele5

It is fantastic news that Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl, was named Book of the Year! Amidst this, the current U.S. political landscape feels chaotic, and it's hard to hold high expectations given the current leadership #EpsteinFiles #ZorroRanch #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Kimmie 🇨🇦❤️🌈🌊🐕🦋 🇨🇦5

I still cant get through this book. Its a difficult read for me. How horrible she was treated by so many people.

Earonn5

Yeah, we're great and lauding the victims and condemning the rapists - once they're dead. Before that? "halfhearted" is still too much.

Robert Lyons5

Buy it. Read it. Then mail your copy to the occupant of the White House.

Cllr Eric Hanvey4

I'm going to make myself read this. I know it's going to make me incredibly angry, but she deserves to be heard.

SirGeekALot4

We have to go outside our country to find sanity.

Bill Crane 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈4

One of the saddest books I’ve ever read. Her abuse started so young and while reading knowing her outcome was so heartbreaking 💔

Blue Ocean Gal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈😻🌮💙🌻⚘️4

I still don't believe she un alived herself. Never will either. Nobody puts in the labor to write a book and does that right before it comes out.

JCBeaches4

I read it. Everyone should read it. The more who read it, the more people who will be pissed and hopefully make noise.

Annie4

I bought this book when it was first released & just had the mental wherewithal to read it 4 months later. It’s a horrific testimony of how she was sexually abused by her father & his friend then Epstein, Maxwell, & other pedophiles. It took lots of courage to write it & reveal what occurred.

Richard4

It was excellent and devastating.

Clay4

Every nation in the world is ahead on the files. Of course their top leaders didn't rape 13 year old girls

Ned Watson4

It is terrible that she is not alive to see this.

Fin Ó Súilleabháin3

I wouldn't say that. There are thousands of people in the US triangulating the info released so far, following leads, making podcasts and videos, and liaising with active people in Congress. Of course the powers that be are not dealing with anything, but all this sleuthing may one day bear fruit.

boomer1953.bsky.social3

Has anyone sent a copy to Trump? One of his fools can probably read it to him.

Dee3

Hearing of survivors by Democratic Oversight held in West Palm Beach, FL today was encouraging. Robert Garcia and other representatives presented in the hearing with four survivors and two lawyers a hopeful road forward. But these survivors have waited 30 years while the rapists are free.

DoubleG@64✌️💙🇺🇸🦋🦋3

It was a heartfelt book. I enjoyed it even though some parts were hard to hold back my emotions. I could only imagine how Virginia felt. Highly recommend

dmhogan.bsky.social3

And what they have done is very little

Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight3

Corporate media is (again) failing us. Widely SHARE this full hearing: mdavis19881.substack.com/p/epstein-he...

Grant Olsen3

Nobody is going down for abusing children. Some other violation, Iike sharing national secrets, but not for trafficking kids.

andyrs313.bsky.social3

"Great Britian has been ahead of the US..." This implies that the US is doing anything at all. With the President (and his funders) being all over the Epstein files... nothing is happening, and I don't expect anything TO happen.

Zit*3

TACO fait tout pr esquiver cette affaire, multiplie les pares feux, pense qu'il est un Dieu vivant & que rien ne l'atteint oubliant que la Mémoire collective n'est pas qu'un point deal ou tout se passe & rien ne sort, lui le petit fort mais surtout avec faibles, femmes & autres minorités ici ou là!

Linda McGarry3

Thus should be required reading for all members of congress who are MAGAs. I'm sure it will soon be on the banned list.

trolph.bsky.social3

I am working my way through. It's a difficult read sometimes, but definitely worth it. Her courage is formidable.

Ann Slater 🍁2

Australia is way ahead, way, way, way, ahead. Check out "60 Minutes Australia"

Len LaChapelle2

Release the remaining Epstein file. and bring justice for the survivors And, prosecute all that were involved

His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺2

Not very far ahead. Very few UK people in Epstein files mentioned let alone questioned. No prosecutions.

Chloe2

There’s a months-long waiting list for it at my library, but the mainstream media of course doesn’t talk about it at all. My partner didn’t even know who Virginia Giuffre was :(

isinqueens.bsky.social2

Says something about how people feel about having an extended royal family on the payroll...

skygirl66.bsky.social2

It's insulting America doesn't recognize Pedophilia is a CRIME and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. DOJ --do you job for WE THE PEOPLE, not DJT

🗽We must overcome greed, apathy, fear, superstition: ignorance2

She promised to never unalive herself. So who killed her…?

jonathanthegreat.bsky.social2

Incredible book. This book should actually be a must read in English literature classes.

🐸🐸🐸 Ima Jerk 🐸🐸🐸2

I have a copy - can't bring myself to read it yet.

Dr. Miguelito Loveless2

Debatable. The current PM hired an Epstein friend, and the Royals have know about their own child rapist for de decades. Their king just came to this country and treated with the Child Rapist in Chief and gave him credibility.

Stuart Murray 🇨🇦2

While we’re there, regardless of whether the book is well written, is the social change it caused proportional to either the peace or lit variants of a Nobel?

Nanci Suzanne2

I just finished it. I had no idea that her father, who sexually assaulted her, worked at Mar a whatever which explains how she got involved with Epstein. It's also made clear that she can't expose many of the men who trafficked her, she's afraid for her family, mainly her kids.

Voted for joy and we ended up with this2

It's a great book. Her strength and survival skills were amazing.

W.J.2

I hope they start releasing everything they have.

jane57lisa2

Is there any country that's not ahead of us, in every way?

cookie crumbs2

What are they all going to do, arrest themselves?

Frida2

#Justice We must keep pushing for #Accountability in #America every day. Don't allow them to bury the #EPSTEIN -trump story. #Pedophiles #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINfiles #EPSTEINfiles #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINfiles #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINfiles #EPSTEINfiles #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINfiles #GhislaineMaxwell #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINfiles

MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

WATCH LIVE: Epstein survivors speak out in a shadow hearing held by House Oversight Democrats in Palm Beach, FL.

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