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Nancy Mace: “The victims in the Epstein files are supposed to be…”

Featuring: Nancy Mace, Republican | U.S. House, South Carolina, District 1

Rep. Nancy Mace Holds Press Conference

Published February 12, 2026 | Video Starts at 28:28

And you're supposed to be allowed to move forward as a Jane Doe in the state of South Carolina and as federally. And The victims in the Epstein files are supposed to be protected, and they weren't. So, I mean, I just. There's just so much interconnectivity that this is a disease that is infecting the nation. (28:28–28:32)

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Asserts that victims in the Epstein case were not given the protection they were supposed to receive.

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“Every single name of a co-conspirator in that document from the Southern District of New York was redacted.”
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“The DOJ hasn't made a single arrest of anybody else except for, say, for one accomplice [in the Epstein case].”
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“Donald Grass, facing six years, spent one day in jail.”
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“Travis Reed, gay, was facing 70 years, spent a couple hours in jail.”
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“The DOJ allowed members of Congress to access the Epstein files that were unredacted.”
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“There were a number of documents that I could not find within the files at the Department of Justice.”
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“The DOJ is, in fact, I would call it, quote, tagging members of Congress and the documents that they are searching and then opening and…”
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“There are some businesses in the state of South Carolina and individuals from here that may have been involved in business dealings with…”
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“This touched thousands of lives. And it wasn't just in Palm Beach or in New York or on Little St. James.”
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“It probably reached into every state in the United States.”
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“We're talking about a global sex trafficking ring.”
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“That Email came from a woman in Paris at a modeling agency.”
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“That woman will be listed on a list of names that I will be providing to the oversight committee.”
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“You can't have thousands of victims and only one accomplice.”
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“There are cases of some of these billionaires who are allegedly involved in the sex trafficking operation that were paying money in…”
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“This goes back decades. This isn't just the current administration. This isn't just the Biden administration. This isn't just Obama. This…”
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“The Epstein Files Transparency Act...requires the Department of Justice to release all unclassified records.”
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“The DOJ has put records up and then taken them down.”
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“One of the excuses that we were given...is because they say that's the way the data came to the DOJ, that it came already redacted.”
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“The CIA allegedly is in possession of certain documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.”
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“I want to see a copy of all of Jeffrey Epstein's passports and under every single pseudonym he had those passports under as well.”
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“There are more names than I imagined that would be on that list [to the Oversight Committee].”
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“I will be including who I believe to be witnesses, who I believe to be potential predators, and people who have information that will be of…”
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“I've warned the chairman that that list is coming, and I want those people to be invited to testify or be interviewed or deposed by the…”
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“If they won't come to the Oversight Committee, they need to be subpoenaed.”
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“There needs to be a special task force that is strictly looking at these files, what happened, when it happened, and who covered it up.”
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“We've seen more punishment of some of these potential predators in other countries than our own.”
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“Women who come forward are shamed. They're called liars, no matter the evidence that they bring forward.”
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“Why is the doj, why is the Attorney General carrying around a folder of the search histories of members of Congress who only simply want the…”
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“Bill Gates is going to be on [the list].”
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“Leon Black, as another one who's been mentioned in the press.”
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“The magician whom everybody knows is going to be on the list.”
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“Jeff Staley is another one who's going to be on the list.”
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“There'll be a mix that would be equal opportunity. About the names. I'm not going to be, I'm not going to be filtering it for political…”
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“They've gone to the FBI, they've gone to the doj and it fell on deaf ears.”
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“Donald Trump, number one, is exonerated in the files.”
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“These women will never get justice.”
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“In the state of South Carolina, there's a bill that just passed of the state house that would increase the mandatory minimums for child…”
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“Trump didn't do anything wrong. He was exonerated by victims and exonerated in the files.”
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“I'll support Virginia's law that was revealed this week that takes away the expiration time or statute of limitations on trafficking…”
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“I have already put forth bills that would put a criminal right of action under Title 18 for voyeurism and other things.”
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“We have the Titan Violence Against Women Act.”
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“Victims are supposed to be allowed to move forward as a Jane Doe in the state of South Carolina and as federally.”
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“No president has no prosecutor, has no solicitor, has. No one has apologized to these women.”
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