From NBC News:
Maria Farmer, who said the complaint she made to the FBI in 1996 about Epstein was ignored, called the release of those documents “amazing” — but she said her feelings included sadness for others who were abused.
In 1996, Farmer made a complaint to the Miami FBI field office in which she alleged that Epstein stole photos she had taken of her 12 and 16-year-old sisters, and that she believed those images were sold.
The complaint also alleged that Epstein requested that pictures be taken of young girls at swimming pools.
“This is amazing. Thank you for believing me. I feel redeemed. This is one of the best days of my life. Of course, it’s mixed with the fact that I’m devastated about all the other little girls like Virginia who were harmed because the FBI didn’t do their job,” Farmer said in a statement.
“I’m crying for two reasons. I want everyone to know that I am shedding tears of joy for myself, but also tears of sorrow for all the other victims that the FBI failed,” she added.
Dani Bensky, accuses Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was 17 years old, was enthusiastic about the file release, but that she’d wanted more files to be opened up.
“There’s so much information, and yet not as much as we may have wanted to see,” Bensky told NBC News. “There is part of me that feels a bit validated at this moment, because I think so many of us have been saying, ‘No, this is real, like, we’re not a hoax.’”
3,500 files were released by the Department of Justice, with many of a highly sexual in nature and some marked CSAM, which stands for Child Sex Abuse Material.
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