Hi, everyone. I'm Catherine Rampel, the economics editor at The Bullwork. We are here today to talk about the latest developments in the Epstein case.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke behind closed doors on Capitol Hill today. And we are joined by one of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Galane Maxwell's crimes, Annie Farmer, who can talk with us today a little bit about what we did

or did not learn that was new today from Bondi's testimony. So Annie, thank you so much for

joining me. Why don't you start by just telling our audience a little bit about your involvement

in the broader advocacy issue here on behalf of sexual

assault survivors.

Yeah.

Thank you so much, Catherine, for having me.

So, you know, my involvement in this case started in 1996.

I was 16 years old when I met Epstein and Maxwell. And what happened to me with them

was actually reported that same year in 1996 to the FBI by my sister, Maria Farmer. And so,

you know, she really has been the Epstein case whistleblower. And despite the fact that she shared everything she knew at that time, including, you know,

people involved and what she had seen and what had happened to her as a victim and what

she believed it happened to me.

As we all know now, so little happened.

So it was then, I guess, you know, 2006 that I was finally interviewed by the FBI.

The sweetheart deal happens.

There's really no follow-up of any kind.

And it wasn't until 2019 when he was arrested that I spoke out publicly.

And, you know, basically just by attending a bail hearing for him, without really much

thought about, you know, what that would mean, I guess. I just wanted to make sure that the

survivors that were, you know, who were the victims of the crimes that were being prosecuted,

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