Epstein survivor Jena-Lisa Jones strongly criticized Trump for directing the Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s connections to prominent Democrats.
“I beg you, President Trump: Please stop making this political,” Jones said. “It is not about you, President Trump. You are our president. Please start acting like it. Show some class, show some real leadership, show that you actually care about the people other than yourself.”
Jones said she voted for Trump, but added “your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.”
“It is time to take the honest, moral ground and support the release of these files, not to weaponize pieces of the files against random political enemies that did nothing wrong, but to understand who Epstein’s friends were, who covered for him, what financial institutions allowed his trafficking to continue, who knew what he was doing but was too much of a coward to do anything about it,” she said.
NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment on the criticisms over Trump’s initial refusal to support the effort to release the Justice Department’s case files and other actions related to the files.
gornFlamout on November 18th, 2025 at 15:14 UTC »
I believe the victims.
Ok_Finance_8292 on November 18th, 2025 at 15:17 UTC »
Epstein survivor Jena-Lisa Jones strongly criticized Trump for directing the Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s connections to prominent Democrats.
“I beg you, President Trump: Please stop making this political,” Jones said. “It is not about you, President Trump. You are our president. Please start acting like it. Show some class, show some real leadership, show that you actually care about the people other than yourself.”
Jones said she voted for Trump, but added “your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.”
“It is time to take the honest, moral ground and support the release of these files, not to weaponize pieces of the files against random political enemies that did nothing wrong, but to understand who Epstein’s friends were, who covered for him, what financial institutions allowed his trafficking to continue, who knew what he was doing but was too much of a coward to do anything about it,” she said.
NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment on the criticisms over Trump’s initial refusal to support the effort to release the Justice Department’s case files and other actions related to the files.
(Megan Lebowitz)
PristineWatercress19 on November 18th, 2025 at 15:36 UTC »
Seeing that little girl, and understanding she was raped and it changed her life forever. I'm sick to my stomach.