[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 26, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E492-E493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TESTIMONY OF SKY AND AMANDA ROBERTS, ``SURVIVORS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE:
EXPOSING EPSTEIN'S CRIMES IN PALM BEACH AND ACROSS THE WORLD''
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HON. SUHAS SUBRAMANYAM
of virginia
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, on May 12, 2026, Oversight Committee
Democrats convened the first-ever hearing to solicit testimony from
survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes. The
hearing, ``Survivors Fight for Justice: Exposing Epstein's Crimes in
Palm Beach and Across the World,'' marked a critical step forward in
the fight for justice and accountability.
On behalf of all the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine
Maxwell's crimes, I rise to include in the Record the testimony offered
by Sky and Amanda Roberts:
My name is Sky Roberts, and I am the little brother of
Virginia Roberts Giuffre. I'm here today because without
Virginia's courage and her story, we would not be having this
conversation about accountability. In the summer of 2000,
just steps away from this courtroom, at Mar-a-Lago, Virginia
was recruited by convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. She
was only 16 years old, a child who had just finished 10th
grade, when she began being trafficked.
Before her passing, Virginia gave sworn testimony exposing
this for what it truly was: a global trafficking operation
enabled, protected, and funded by powerful people.
For years, survivors have been asked the same question:
``Who were the names?'' The truth is, many survivors stay
silent because many of these individuals still hold power,
wealth, and influence in our society. Point blank, Period,
that is dangerous. No survivor should have to risk their
safety just to be believed. But Virginia, she did it anyway.
She stood up when others were afraid, told the truth under
oath, and faced people she knew were powerful.
Today, we lean on her courage once again, because she
believed accountability should reach everyone involved, no
matter their status or influence. If Virginia were here
today, she would say these words herself. Since she cannot, I
will say them for her as her little brother. With that, I'd
like to share Virginia's own words from her sworn deposition
dated May 3, 2016:
``They trafficked me to many people.
Ok, please name a person that Ghislaine Maxwell directed
you to have sex with.
Prince Andrew.
Ok, who else?
As a whole, they both trafficked me to many people.
Ok, Can you please tell me to whom Ghislaine Maxwell asked
you to go have sex with another person.
Glenn Dubin.
Who else?
Well, [Redacted] is another one.
Ghislaine Maxwell asked you to have sex with [redacted]?
And Glenn Dubin and Steve Kauffman were, like I said, the
first people I was sent to after my training.
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And where does Alan Dershowitz fit into this group of
people?
Same. I can't tell you piece by piece by piece who. I know
Glenn Dubin was first.
Ok.
And I know Steven Kauffman was one of the first that I was
sent to. Alan Dershowitz could have been between there--
between, sorry, between Glenn and Steven.''
This is only a small sample of the thousands of stories
that still remain untold. But the question today is no longer
whether names exist. The question is: What will Congress and
the Department of Justice do about it? Even if only a handful
of names are known publicly, will there finally be
investigations and accountability?
With that, I'd like to turn it over to my wife, Amanda
Roberts. First, I want to thank this committee,
Representative Garcia, and everyone who continues to fight
for accountability, transparency, and truth in the Epstein
case and most importantly, for standing with survivors.
Virginia's story was harrowing, but her courage was
extraordinary. We are talking about millions of files: sworn
testimony, depositions, emails, flight records, bank records,
photographs, videos, and evidence collected over decades.
Evidence that points to a network, not just two people who
trafficked and abused over 1,200 victims. Epstein and Maxwell
did not act alone. So when the Department of Justice says
there is ``nothing to see here,'' survivors know what that
sounds like. It sounds like a cover-up.
Virginia wrote in Nobody's Girl ``Don't be fooled by those
in Epstein's circle who said they didn't know what Epstein
was doing.'' That sentence should guide this committee's
work. Because ``I don't recall'' is not enough. When people
like Les Wexner are asked about Epstein's finances and
alleged connections to this network, the public deserves real
answers. When Howard Lutnick has given changing accounts
about his association with Epstein, that deserves scrutiny
and resignations. When Former Prince Andrew denied knowing
Virginia, despite evidence and testimony surrounding that
encounter, that deserves scrutiny and investigation. And when
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine
Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker accused of perjury, and
shortly afterward she was moved to a minimum-security prison,
that demands answers.
So today, we ask for four things. First: Congress must hold
the Department of Justice accountable, including contempt
proceedings as the record has shown that the DOJ has Violated
the law.
Second: state investigations must continue and expand--in
New Mexico, New York, Florida, the Virgin Islands, and
everywhere this network operated.
Third: this committee must issue further subpoenas and
require alleged co-conspirators, enablers, financiers, and
witnesses to testify under oath.
Fourth: follow the money. The financial records are not
secondary--they may be the key to exposing the full network.
Suspicious payments, shell entities, possible tax violations,
money laundering, and transactions connected to trafficking
and abuse must be investigated aggressively. Because
financial crimes can lead to real prosecutions.
And finally: The Epstein and Maxwell investigations must be
reopened. Not partially. Not quietly. Fully. Survivors and
the public deserve the truth, and enablers must no longer
hide behind wealth, power, or silence.
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