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yahoo news | Former Attorney General Pam Bondi Arrives for Closed-Door Epstein Files...

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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Oversight Committee on May 29, 2026 for a closed‑door deposition on her handling of Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein, arriving with a white throat bandage after announcing a thyroid‑cancer diagnosis. In her opening statement she acknowledged “redaction errors” in the initial release of the Epstein materials and said she had delegated the process to then‑deputy attorney general Todd Blanche. The hearing, held in Bondi’s personal capacity and attended by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon as government counsel, was framed by committee chair James Comer as an effort to provide truth and justice for Epstein survivors, who criticized the Justice Department’s past handling of the case. Bondi’s testimony is the thirteenth in the committee’s multi‑year Epstein investigation, which continues to schedule further high‑profile depositions as lawmakers push for greater transparency and the release of more unreleased files.

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi Arrives for Closed-Door Epstein Files Testimony with Bandage on Her Throat

Bondi, 60, made her first public appearance since revealing her thyroid cancer diagnosis to deliver a long-awaited testimony about her handling of the...

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The Bad Place Apr 19

qwant news | Epstein victim describes how the paedophile and Ghislaine Maxwell raped her and another girl in the same bed... then Jeffrey said 'I'd love to meet your 11-year-old sister'

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Marina Lacerda, a Brazilian immigrant who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein from age 14 to 17 in his New York mansion, recounts how she and another teenage girl were forced into Epstein’s bedroom where both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell participated in the rape, using sex toys and filming the assault with hidden cameras. Lacerda describes the slow‑burn grooming that followed years of personal trauma – including her step‑father’s sexual abuse, poverty‑driven drug use and a desperate need for money – which Epstein exploited by promising a career in ballet and promising financial rewards. She finally broke her anonymity in September 2025 to give a voice to other victims, now living in Florida with her daughter, and urges accountability for Epstein’s network while criticizing the relatively lenient treatment of Maxwell by the U.S. justice system.

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Epstein victim describes how the paedophile and Ghislaine Maxwell raped her and another girl in the same bed... then Jeffrey said 'I'd love to meet your 11-year-old sister'

Marina Lacerda was raped by Jeffrey Epstein between the ages of 14 to 17, but throughout that time she was never asked into his bedroom - apart from one occasion that she had wiped from her memory.

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The Bad Place Apr 10

yahoo news | Epstein Victim Makes Bombshell Claim About Melania Speech

Survivors of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were taken aback on Thursday when First Lady Melania Trump publicly denied any friendship with him and urged Congress to let victims testify under oath. In a brief statement, she said she wanted to “clear my good name” and called for a permanent congressional record of each woman’s testimony. The surprise remarks prompted immediate backlash from survivors such as Marina Lacerda, who accused the first lady of shifting attention away from the ongoing fight for justice and of retraumatizing victims by demanding they relive their abuse in a political arena.

A coalition of Epstein survivors responded with an open letter criticizing the timing and tone of Melania’s comments. They highlighted the incomplete release of the Epstein Files under the Epstein Files Transparency Act—only about half of the estimated six million documents were made public, many with redacted names—calling the first lady’s demand for further testimony a deflection of responsibility. The survivors, including Marina Lacerda, Maria and Anna Farmer, demanded genuine accountability, the full release of remaining records, and a commitment from the Department of Justice and other authorities to protect victims rather than protect powerful allies.

Democratic lawmakers echoed the survivors’ concerns, with House Oversight Committee Chair Melanie Stansbury noting that the push for public hearings has been ongoing for years and that officials such as former Attorney General Pam Bondi have yet to be fully interrogated. While acknowledging Melania’s willingness to weigh in, they stressed that the focus should be on law‑enforcement actions and prosecutorial accountability, not on forcing victims to repeatedly recount their trauma. The article concludes that the controversy underscores a broader “miscarriage of justice” that survivors and some members of Congress say remains unaddressed.

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