NBC Asks Epstein Survivors for ‘Dirt’ on Trump — It Backfires Spectacularly

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NBC’s attempt to solicit damaging information about former President Donald Trump from Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors has backfired dramatically.

On Tuesday in Washington, D.C., six women who say they were trafficked by Epstein or his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell held a public event demanding that the federal government release additional investigative files. They also urged Trump to publicly rule out any possibility of pardoning Maxwell.

The women appeared alongside relatives of Virginia Giuffre — one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, who died by suicide in April — and denounced what they described as decades of institutional failure to deliver justice.

Jess Michaels, who alleges Epstein raped her in 1991, described him as a “master manipulator” who used a calculated strategy to exploit and silence vulnerable young women. She called the lack of accountability “a severe miscarriage of justice,” echoing other survivors’ frustration over years of inaction.

Wendy Avis and Jena-Lisa Jones, both of whom say they were 14 at the time of the abuse, condemned the adults who turned a blind eye. “Many people around Epstein very clearly knew what was going on,” Jones said. Avis, speaking publicly for the first time, urged greater recognition for the countless victims who still await justice.

The group — which also included Marijke Chartouni, Lisa Phillips, and Liz Stein — directed their anger toward the Justice Department, accusing officials of failing to protect or even inform survivors. Stein voiced support for bipartisan efforts in Congress to force transparency, just hours before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee released more than 33,000 pages of Epstein-related documents.

Lawmakers from both parties — including Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie — are now pushing for a deeper investigation into the alleged mishandling of federal probes into Epstein and Maxwell. Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence, continues to deny all wrongdoing.

Phillips issued a warning to authorities: “If the system won’t give us justice, we’ll compile our own list.”