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Committee member says FBI ignored Maria Farmer's 1996 report, urges accountability in Epstein probe
Summary
At a Palm Beach hearing, a committee member said survivors of Jeffrey Epstein deserve to be heard and accused the FBI of ignoring Maria Farmer's 1996 report; the member called for pursuing the full truth and holding those who prey on women accountable regardless of power or wealth.
A committee member opening a hearing in Palm Beach said survivors of Jeffrey Epstein deserve to be heard and accused the FBI of ignoring Maria Farmer's 1996 report, and urged investigators and lawmakers to pursue the full truth.
The committee member said the crimes tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were concentrated in Florida and that many witnesses before the panel had 'been failed by their own government.' The speaker added, 'We will hear how the FBI ignored Maria Farmer's courageous report in 1996.'
The member said Epstein 'continued to game the system and the law to prey on women,' and that his trafficking network expanded overseas. The comments framed the hearing as an attempt to examine both the abuses and the institutional lapses that allowed them to continue.
'These stories are both horrific and outrageous,' the committee member said, adding that they should 'inspire us to keep fighting for the full truth.' The speaker closed the opening remarks by stressing equality before the law: 'Every American deserves equal justice. It doesn't matter who you are... If you hurt women and girls, you will be held accountable.'
The hearing's witnesses and subsequent testimony were presented as the next steps in the panel's inquiry; no formal motions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
