"Courage Is Contagious": Survivors Demand Epstein Files Release as More Women Come Forward

[Uncle Joe]

Jeffrey Epstein survivors rallied in front of Congress on Wednesday, detailing their experiences of abuse and calling for the release of all Epstein files. "We cannot heal without justice," says one Epstein survivor, Chauntae Davies. "We cannot protect the future if we refuse to confront the past." Survivors also announced that some victims would work to confidentially compile their own list of individuals implicated in Epstein's crimes. This comes as lawmakers seek to force a House floor vote compelling the Justice Department to release all the files from the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Lauren Hersh, the national director of the anti-trafficking organization World Without Exploitation, is a former sex-trafficking prosecutor in New York who joined survivors for their press conference just steps from the Capitol on Wednesday. "Courage is contagious," says Hersh, adding that "we were approached by several other Epstein survivors who we didn't even know."

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[Gum Logger]

2. This is what the sex offender registry was for

[johnnyfins]

3. In today's world do you have any idea how

much courage it took for these women to get on the microphone, say there full name, and tell their stories? In Washington D.C.?

This is serious shit and I applaud them.

Their degenerate abusers' days of secrecy are numbered.