Some of the victims of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reacted on Friday by celebrating the publication of thousands of case documents by the Department of Justice (DOJ), but they criticize that more key data and information were missing.
«There is a lot of information, but not as much as we would have liked to see,» said Dani Bensky, an Epstein survivor, in an interview with NBC News. The survivor added that, despite this, the publication confirms the veracity of the victims' allegations: «There is a part of me that feels a bit validated right now, because I think many of us have been saying: ‘No, this is real, we are not a hoax’».
Another survivor, Maria Farmer, praised the publication of her report on child pornography to the FBI included in the files and expressed feeling «redeemed» by the recognition of her case.
«This is incredible. This is one of the best days of my life,» she declared through her lawyers, although she regretted that other victims, such as Virginia Giuffre, have suffered because the FBI «did not do its job».
Farmer added that she was crying both from joy for her own situation and from sadness for the other victims to whom the federal investigation failed.
Many Democratic senators have criticized the files released by the Trump administration, stating that they will take legal action against Attorney General Pam Bondi for allegedly not complying with the law that mandates the declassification of the documents.
In turn, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche warned this Friday that it will not be possible to publish all the documents required by law at once due to their volume, and anticipated that the Department of Justice plans to release «several hundred thousand more» files in the coming weeks.
