This is The Guardian.
Today, a survivor speaks to us about the latest release of the Epstein files.
And just a warning before we start,
this episode does contain swearing and some reference to sexual assault.
Good morning.
President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Nearly a week ago,
US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch stood up in front of a crowd of reporters and told the world that the release of another 3.5 million documents put a full stop on the investigation into the Epstein Files.
I hope that the work that the men and women within this department have done over the past two months hopefully is able to bring closure.
But for Lisa Phillips, one of Epstein's survivors, this just didn't land well.
Oh boy.
Everything that man says just irks me.
It really does because it's just like, it's over.
We're not releasing anything.
It's not over.
It's not over until the survivors say it's over.
Since then,
survivors like Lisa have watched as the headlines have been dominated by revelations about the rich and powerful men linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
Well,
the documents also include email correspondence between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Epstein,