Brian Mayer on WNYC.

So Jeffrey Epstein is dead, though believe it or not, there are still some people who claim he isn't.

But his shadow still looms over questions of power, accountability, and abuse,

as you know. Nearly six years after his apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell,

and of course that's something else that people ask about, did he take his own life, or was it

something else? But survivors of his trafficking are still pressing for the truth.

They want Congress to pass the Epstein-Files Transparency Act,

a bill that would force the Justice Department and other agencies to release thousands of pages of sealed records.

Now, at a news conference yesterday in Washington, one survivor, Anurska de Giorgio, made a direct plea to President Trump.

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.

President Trump's response was to call the whole thing a democratic hoax.

Epstein's accusers are also, however, considering compiling their own list of the people they say were in Epstein's orbit

after years of government in action and releasing that list to the public.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is dismissing the entire saga as a hoax, despite the alleged

victims insisting it's not. After the news conference, under intense political pressure,

just enough Republicans voted yes on a resolution relating to releasing more documents,

but it's not binding. So where to things stand now with the push for transparency, the role of

Congress, and the continuing trauma for survivors, and what they may say publicly about other

people who may have abused them. Joining us is Jacob Shamsian,

legal correspondent at Business Insider, who's been reporting on the Epstein saga. Hi, Jacob,

welcome back to WNYC. Thanks so much for having me. And listeners, we can take some phone calls and

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