Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have called for the release of all files related to the case that represents the biggest crisis of President Donald Trump's second term.
In a video released by campaign group World Without Exploitation, which works to end human trafficking, the victims say five administrations have failed to provide transparency in investigations into Epstein, the financier who died in prison in 2019 after being charged with the sex trafficking of minors.
“It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows, it's time to shine a light into the darkness,” a woman says in the footage published at the weekend. It features several women holding pictures of their younger selves taken around the time they met Epstein. Some said they were as young as 14, and that there had been “about 1,000" victims.
At the weekend, Mr Trump pulled a dramatic U-turn and announced he would be encouraging members of his Republican Party to back a measure in the House of Representatives this week that would order the release of all files in the Department of Justice investigation.
The reversal came after it became obvious the measure, called the Epstein Files Transparency Act, would pass thanks to many defecti
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