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I think the Justice Department needs to do their job in investigating this case,

but exposing ourselves to further danger is just not something that we're able or willing to do.

Survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein speak out.

It's Thursday, September 4th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.

I'm Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

testified before the Senate, answering questions about a purge at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and his anti-vaccine activism.

I'm asking the questions for Mr. Kennedy on behalf of parents and schools and teachers all over the United States of America who deserve so much better than your leadership.

And following RFK Jr.'s lead, Florida's Surgeon General said yesterday he wants

to end all vaccine mandates, including in schools. How vaccine policy is splitting along state lines

coming up in a few minutes. But first, a day after sexual assault survivors gathered on the

U.S. Capitol steps, it's not clear whether

Congress will heed their call and force the White House to release more information about

well-connected sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On CNN last night, Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey

said his colleagues were making a political mistake by not signing on to his bipartisan bill,

which would force the Justice Department to release all of the files related to its investigation of Epstein

and his longtime associate, Gulen Maxwell.

Well, I've talked to a few of them, and they were compelled in our direction.

But there's an immense pressure campaign from the White House on Republican members right now.

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