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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Handling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his sex trafficking survivors

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Protesters hold signs during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the US Capitol in Washington DC, on 18 November 2025. Photograph: Zuma via Alamy

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation have reacted to the voluminous – and possibly last – tranche of government-held investigative documents with calls for further accountability for the scheme’s alleged clients.

“It is without question that a significant piece of Epstein and [his convicted associate Ghislaine] Maxwell’s vast sex-trafficking operation was to provide young women and girls to other wealthy and powerful individuals,” said Sigrid McCawley, a partner with Boies Schiller Flexner, a firm representing survivors of the scheme.

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