An 16-Minute Edit of the Epstein Survivor Press Conference

On Wednesday September 3, 2025, a group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein held a press conference outside the steps of the U.S. Capitol building. The entire event was about two hours long.

For this 16-minute edit I’ve focused on survivors who specifically called out Trump or the U.S. government. I’ve included background information on the victims when it was available.

I’ve also included excerpts from speeches made by elected officials who supported the women and ‘Epstein Files Transparency Act.’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-GA) surprised me in this as she came across as quite professional and sincere.

*I’ve placed the paywall right after a story I want everyone to read - it’s in the background information of Annie Farmer. The story involves an encounter with Donald J. Trump at Epstein’s office in 1995.

Some highlights:

0:00 - 4:00 Survivors and advocates this is the order they appeared in the press conference

• Lisa Phillips

• Haley Robson

• Anouska DiGiorgio

• Annie Farmer* - background information includes story about Trump and Epstein.

• Courtney Wild

• Sky Roberts (Brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre)

• Chauntae Davies

• Attorney Bradley Edwards

4:00 - Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)

5:51 - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA)

7:29 - Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

9:30 - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA)

13:31 - Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)

Survivors & Advocates

Lisa Phillips

Phillips was a 21-year-old model on a photoshoot in the West Indies when she met Jeffrey Epstein. She is now a podcaster and advocate for sexual abuse survivors.

Phillips became ensnared by Epstein when he promised to help her with her modeling career. She was sexually assaulted on his private island, Little Saint James.

Phillips testified in a 2022 civil case involving Virginia Giuffre. She also registered as a Jane Done under the Adult Survivors Act citing abuse by an Epstein associate. She was one of several survivors who received a financial settlement from JPMorgan Chase for its role in facilitating Epstein’s criminal activity.

At the press conference, Phillips announced that she and other survivors were considering compiling their own list of Epstein’s associates who participated in the abuse of young women and girls.

Phillips: Who was he to our government that he was allowed to operate openly for decades? Why was he allowed to sponsor visas for young models, using their immigration status as leverage to abuse them and silence them? Epstein was not just a serial predator. He was an international human trafficker.

Haley Robson

Robson was a 16-year-old high school student when she met Jeffrey Epstein. Another minor-aged girl talked Robson into giving Epstein a massage in exchanged for money.

During the incident Robson was sexually assaulted by Epstein. He then convinced her to bring him more underage girls for a fee. Robson agreed to the arrangement as she was fearful of Epstein and worried that he would harm her or someone in her family if she did not oblige.

One of Epstein’s tactics was to coerce minor-aged girls to supply him with more hapless victims. Young girls would be more likely to trust another child than an adult and Epstein’s methods kept them fearful of going to the police.

Many have said they were worried they would be arrested and charged with a crime for helping him.

Robson: The FBI knows the truth. The government knows the truth. You may pull the wool over the sheep's eyes, but we are the keys. We know who was involved. . . President Donald J. Trump. I am a registered Republican. Not that that matters, because this is not political. However, I cordially invite you to the Capitol to meet me in person so you can understand this is not a hoax. We are real human beings. This is real trauma. . . I would like Donald J. Trump in every person in America and around the world to humanize us, to see us for who we are and to hear us for what we have to say. There is no hoax. The abuse was real. Now, what goes on behind closed doors? I can't speak for that. What happens around the world politically? I cannot speak for that. But I am here with all of these women, including our attorneys, and I would be more than happy to meet with him. And I will meet him halfway.

Anouska DiGiorgio

DiGiorgio was a teenaged model when she met Epstein. She was introduced to him by mutual friends. Unlike most of his victims DiGiorgio was from an affluent family. Epstein groomed her over a long period of time taking her to his various properties and his private island.

She was eventually raped by Epstein which started a cycle of abuse that spanned over a period of years. DiGiorgio was one of many Epstein survivors who told her story on NBC’s Dateline.

DiGiorgio: President Trump, you have so much influence and power in this situation. Please use that influence and power to help us, because we need it now. And this country needs it now.

Annie Farmer

Annie Farmer was only 15 years old at the time she was abused. Some news outlets have reported she was 16 years old at the time of the abuse. It’s likely she was 15 years old when she was abused and 16 by the time the crime was reported.

Her older sister, Maria Farmer, met Epstein when she was a graduate student studying art in New York City. Epstein won her trust and convinced her to work for him as an art consultant.

He invited Maria Farmer to stay at his mansion in Ohio where he would act as her patron of sorts. He took interest in her younger sister Annie and invited her to stay at his mansion in New Mexico.

Maria Farmer was attacked sexually by both Epstein and Maxwell. She was threatened by them when she spurned their advances. Her sister Annie was abused while she stayed at Epstein’s mansion in New Mexico.

Maria Farmer also had nude photos of both of her minor aged sister that she used for figure studies for her artwork. The photos were stolen from a locked box while she stayed at Epstein’s home in Ohio.

Maria Farmer was the first victim of Jeffrey Epstein to file a criminal complaint against Epstein. In 1996 she first went to the NYPD who instructed her to contact the FBI.

No charges were filed against Epstein or Maxwell after Farmer spoke with the FBI. Maria Farmer was also interviewed by the FBI about Epstein in 2006.

Farmer included a story about Donald J. Trump when she spoke to the FBI.

Epstein & Trump

In 1995 before the abuse occurred she was called to a meeting with Epstein at night at his office in Manhattan. When she rushed to his office she was wearing running shorts.

Donald J. Trump entered the office and began to leer at her bare legs which made her feel uncomfortable. Epstein told Trump, “She’s not here for you,” before escorting Trump to another room.

Farmer overheard Trump asking if she was 16 years old as he walked out. Farmer was 24 or 25 years old at the time of the incident.

In 2002 the Farmer sisters along with their mother sat down with Vicky Ward a journalist for Vanity Fair. Ward was writing a profile about Epstein at the time and spoke to both women about their experiences with Epstein.

In the final published version of Ward’s article the Farmer sisters’ accounts of abuse were not included. Ward later blamed her editor for the omission, her editor blamed Ward.

A journalist from the New Yorker published an account where he claimed Ward had changed details about what happened to the story several times over a period of years. The Farmer sisters have publicly criticized Ward and refused interview requests from her.

Ward also wrote a glowing profile of Maxwell and Epstein for the Vanity Fair blog 2011.

Farmer: That same year, 1996, my sister Maria Farmer reported what happened to me there, along with reporting her own assault at their hands and their theft of sensitive photos of herself, of me and our younger sister that she had taken for her work as a figurative painter. I am now 46 years old. 30 years later, we still do not know why that report wasn't properly investigated, or why Epstein and his associates were allowed to harm hundreds, if not thousands, of other girls and young women.