For weeks, the Trump administration has tried to distract from the severity of the Jeffrey Epstein files, drowning out the voices of the survivors. Terresa Helm, who says she was sexually assaulted by Epstein in 2002, recently told NBC News how all of the discussion of Epstein adds to all of their anguish, writing in an email, quote, "When a person's abusers are repeatedly flashed in view at any given moment, and especially when promises of justice and promises of structures of power finally being held to a ...

Joining us now, Jennifer Freeman, attorney for Maria Farmer, who you just saw in that clip, and Gretchen Carlson, journalist and co-founder of Lift Our Voices. Uh, Jennifer, I was on earlier today um on Morning Joe, and I listened in real time as the tape played back of the president um just refusing to say, "Oh, no. I would not uh pardon, grant clemency, do anything for Kain Maxwell." and understanding what she what she was convicted of, knowing what um so many um just valiant women have come out and said ...

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Convicted child sex abuser Gain Maxwell is not the victim here. The real victims, the survivors are people like Jane. Now, we don't know Jane's full name, but we know that Jane was 14 years old when she met Jeffrey Epstein and Gain Maxwell at a youth camp in Michigan.Here's what the story said. Quote, Epstein first abused Jane when she was 14. Jane said that there were sexual encounters with Epstein for the next 3 years around every two weeks.Sometimes Maxwell was in the room during this sexual abuse. There ...

Reporting from NBC News reminds us who's really at the heart of the Epstein story. The women who were victims of Jeff Jeffrey Epstein's ongoing sexual abuse. Four women explained how the Trump administration's handling of Epstein's case is only adding to their anguish.They say the administration should be pushing to expose anyone and everyone who was involved instead of pumping the brakes on prosecutions. 38-year-old Danielle Bensky, who was abused by Epstein two decades ago, said, quote, "You never really ...

Hello everyone. A very good morning to you all. I'm Anu Suraj. I'm a trauma informed therapist and I'm an advocate for child rights and safety and I'm also a child right and safety educator for the past 13 years. Today I would like you all to reflect on something. I would like to put a question forward. What if every child in this world was given a chance to speak their truth? How will the world look like? Imagine yourself as a child trapped in silence, unable to speak out about the abuse that has been sile ...