[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress

Movement
family — Thanks to our pressure in Congress, the House
Oversight committee held a private roundtable with survivors of Epstein’s
abuse earlier this week.

What we heard was harrowing, and it is proof of what has been an
institutional, systemic betrayal for decades.

These women were preyed upon, groomed, exploited from as young as 13 years
old — their bodies violated, their minds manipulated, and their dreams
denied.

Jeffrey Epstein is dead, but the hurt and harm he caused is alive and well
in the daily experiences of these survivors.

Ghislaine Maxwell is incarcerated, but it is these survivors who are still
serving a life-sentence of trauma.

Aspiring artists, lawyers, actors — people who have big dreams — and those
dreams have been dashed and denied because of the shame and trauma they
carry.

They are deserving of transparency, of accountability, and of healing.

This roundtable was long overdue, it was very powerful, and many of the
victims said it was the first time that they felt heard. I believe this
was only the first step. That’s why I continue to call for:

* A public Congressional hearing for these survivors
* Their stories to be officially entered into Congressional Record
* The release of the full, unredacted Epstein files with survivors’
privacy protected

The entire public needs to understand how systemic, how far and wide, and
how deep this institutional betrayal goes.

And I will not shield powerful abusers. They must be taken to account, and
that can only happen when we center the voices of survivors.

I ask my Republican colleagues too, to prove that they will break their
legacy of shielding abusers like Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, and
now Jeffrey Epstein.

In the words of Edmund Burke, the only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for good people to do nothing.

This movement helped make this roundtable possible. We’re going to keep
pushing for the healing, accountability, and transparency that these
survivors deserve.

In solidarity,

Ayanna




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