\n\nSurvivors of Epstein\u2019s abuse condemn justice department for partial release of files<\/h2>\n<\/header>\nSurvivors of the late Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s alleged sexual abuse have expressed disappointment over a document dump that was heavily redacted and only partially released.<\/p>\n<\/svg><\/span>Survivors Sharlene Rochard, Jess Michaels, and Annie Farmer react as Sky Roberts, brother of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s late victim Virginia Giuffre, speaks during a press conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on 18 November 2025. <\/span> Photograph: Annabelle Gordon\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEpstein survivor Liz Stein<\/strong> told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today programme that she thinks the Department for Justice is \u201creally brazenly going against the Epstein Files Transparency Act\u201d \u2013 the law which required all documents to be released by Friday.<\/p>\nShe says survivors are worried about the possibility of a \u201cslow rollout of incomplete information without any context\u201d. The fight for justice has spanned decades, continents and political administrations, Stein says, adding: \u201cWe just want all of the evidence of these crimes out there\u201d.<\/p>\nWhile the release of documents comes at a \u201cgreat cost\u201d to victims, Stein is hoping it will be a \u201cpath to justice\u201d.<\/p>\nLisa Phillips<\/strong> was in her 20s when she met the disgraced financier and says she suffered years of abuse from him and people linked to him.<\/p>\nShe told CNN that she believes the Department of Justice was \u201cprotecting themselves, not the victims,\u201d after Trump officials released only partial files that were heavily redacted.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel like they have so much information to start connecting the dots and for survivors to get justice. But as you\u2019re seeing, we just keep stalling,\u201d she added.<\/p>\nJennifer Freeman<\/strong>, a lawyer who represents the Epstein survivor Maria Farmer<\/strong> in her lawsuit against the federal government, told our colleague Victoria Bekiempis that one newly released document was important: an FBI report from 1996, documenting Farmer\u2019s effort to report her abuse by Epstein <\/strong>and Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/p>\n\u201cMaria Farmer reported Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s crimes in 1996,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cHad the government done their job, and properly investigated Maria\u2019s report, over 1,000 victims could have been spared and 30 years of trauma avoided.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n