Epstein survivors release powerful Super Bowl advert calling for full release of files
As more than 127,000,000 people tuned in from around the world to watch the Super Bowl last night, they were greeted with a sobering message during advertisements.
An emotional advertisement released by World Without Exploitation featured various survivors of paedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, pleading with Americans to stand with them.
‘3 million files still have not been released,’ the advert read, as faces of victims flashed behind it.
Fittingly, the words were then blacked out – a nod to the heavy redactions seen in the millions of files already released by the US Department of Justice.
The black redaction bar was then placed on the mouths of Epstein’s survivors in the commercial, before finishing with a desperate plea to Americans.
‘We all deserve the truth. Stand with us. Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi: it’s time for the truth.’
The sobering message came during one of the most-well-viewed television events of the year.
Pressure is still mounting for Bondi to release more of the files – the current release is just around half of what the DOJ has in its possession.
Initial estimates believe it could take eight years to review and disclose the remaining files, even with hundreds of attorneys working on the release.
‘While the commitment of Department personnel to this effort has been substantial in breadth and impressive in effort, substantial work remains to be done,’ the department said.
If that timeline proves to be true, the final files won’t be released until well after Donald Trump’s second term in office is over.
The recent batch of files contained shocking evidence of sex trafficking of underage girls and other crimes.
Yesterday, Epstein’s death statement, dated one day before he was found dead, was found in the files.
The statement from the Manhattan US Attorney’s office is dated August 9 2019, while the standard account says the paedophile was found hanged in his cell at 6.30am on August 10.
Two versions of the US Attorney’s statement dated August 9 appear in the files, both with subtle differences from the one dated August 10.
Neither contains the detail that Epstein was found dead ‘of an apparent suicide’, as the officially released statement does.
Instead, both say he was ‘found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead shortly thereafter’.
Like the publicly released statement, both versions with the earlier date pay tribute to the ‘brave young women’ who either have or have not yet previously come forward, though the wording differs slightly.
According to the official account of Epstein’s death, a corrections officer found him unresponsive on the morning of Saturday, August 10. Medical personnel tried to revive him, but he was later pronounced dead.
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