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Anna Betts

Survivors of Epstein’s abuse accuse Melania Trump of ‘shifting burden’ on to victims

two women and two men smile together
Donald Trump, Melania Trump (then Knauss), Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Palm Beach, Florida, on 12 February 2000. Photograph: Davidoff Studios Photography/Getty Images

More than a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have accused Melania Trump of “shifting the burden” on to them after she called on Congress to hold public hearings with victims of Epstein’s abuse.

“Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have already shown extraordinary courage by coming forward, filing reports, and giving testimony,” said a group of 13 people and the brother and sister of the late Virginia Giuffre, who was one of the most vocal Epstein accusers, in a statement. “Asking more of them now is a deflection of responsibility not justice.”

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