A survivor on the Epstein Files

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The latest release of the Epstein files has dominated the news this week, with documents related to Bill Gates, Peter Mandelson, Elon Musk and Woody Allen pulling them into the spotlight. But, as the US deputy attorney general Todd Blanche suggested the legal review into the Epstein files was ‘over’, the survivors of Epstein’s abuse made clear it was not the end. Annie Kelly speaks to Lisa Philips, who suffered years of abuse by Epstein in the 2000s and is now one of the many survivors calling for more transparency from the Trump administration. Plus Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan on whether the missing files will ever be released. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.0	Today, a survivor speaks to us about the latest release of the Epstein files.
0:17.8	And just a warning before we start, this episode does contain swearing and some reference to sexual assault.
0:24.5	Good morning. President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Nearly a week ago, U.S. Deputy Attorney
0:33.2	General Todd Blanche stood up in front of a crowd of reporters to produce all documents, files,
0:39.2	records, videos, and told the world that the release of another 3.5 million documents put
0:45.3	a full stop on the investigation into the Epstein files.
0:49.0	I hope that the work that the men and women within this department have done over the past two months,
0:57.0	hopefully is able to bring closure.
1:00.2	But for Lisa Phillips, one of Epstein's survivors, this just didn't land well.
1:06.2	Oh, boy.
1:07.6	Everything that man says just irks me. It really does because it's just like, it's over,
1:13.4	we're not releasing anything. It's not over. It's not over until the survivors say it's over.
1:22.9	Since then, survivors like Lisa have watched, as the headlines have been dominated by revelations
1:28.7	about the rich and powerful men linked to Geoffrey Epstein.
1:32.7	Well, the documents also include email correspondence between tech billionaire Elon Musk and
1:37.0	Epstein.
1:37.5	The new email show that Musk...
1:38.8	After emails were discovered, which suggests that Lord Mandelson sent market sensitive information to the convicted sex
1:46.2	abendent.
1:47.2	...appearing to show Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, crouched over an unidentified woman,
1:50.8	are featured in the latest disclosure of files...
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