Epstein survivors claim DOJ broke law by withholding key files and exposing names

WASHINGTON, DC:  A group of alleged survivors of Jeffrey Epstein on Monday, December 22, accused the Department of Justice of breaking the law by not meeting the Friday deadline to release all related documents in “searchable and downloadable” format.

The statement listed several names, including two Jane Does, as they called upon Congress to “stand up for the rule of law” and said that the “law must be enforced.”

Alleged Epstein survivors demand answers from DOJ

The statement read that it was “alarming” that the DOJ had violated the law by withholding “massive quantities of documents” and by “failing to redact survivor identities.”

It further stated that the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were calling upon the DOJ to explain the delay in the disclosure.

They also asked how their representatives could privately obtain copies of all the documents that the Department of Justice had, where they could be identified. 

It also slammed the DOJ for the lack of careful and lawful redaction, noting that transparency should have focused on “institutional failures, enablers, financial records, and government conduct.”

“Not on further endangering survivors,” it read.

The alleged survivors urged Congress for “congressional oversight,” which included hearings, formal demands for compliance, and legal action to ensure that the DOJ fulfilled its legal obligations. 

The survivors addressed elected officials from both parties and urged them to take action to ensure the law and full compliance to ensure “meaningful transparency” without more delay.

“Survivors deserve truth. Survivors whose identities are private deserve protection. The public deserves accountability,” the statement concluded. 

Thomas Massie slams DOJ’s delayed disclosure of the Epstein files

Thomas Massie, the co-author of the 'Epstein Files Transparency Act', reposted the statement on his X profile. Along with the post, he wrote that the survivors deserved “justice.”

He slammed the Department of Justice for not complying with his and Ro Khanna’s Act and said that it did not provide what the survivors were guaranteed under the new law.

Previously, Massie and Khanna had also revealed that they were in the process of drafting “inherent contempt” charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi for the delayed disclosure of the Epstein files and the unexplained redactions.