Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes testified before the House Oversight Committee this week, and the claims they raised set Washington buzzing. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said their accounts point to far more than a lone predator. She urged lawmakers and the public to track the money and the networks that helped keep everything hidden.

“Per the victims, we need to follow the money trail. This was a well orchestrated operation with many tentacles to include shell corporations, etc.,” Luna wrote. She added that “Foreign governments (as in more than one) were named to be working with Epstein,” and that one victim “had her newborn daughter threatened for coming forward.”

Luna said the testimony described a global machine. “Epstein’s network was described as an international trafficking network to all members of Congress who were present (both Democrat and Republican) and also involved trafficking women from Slavic nations as well. Immigration fraud, etc. Many of those women have stayed silent due to fear of retribution.” Speaking to reporters, she did not mince words: “There are some very rich and powerful people that need to go to jail.”

She also raised a stunning possibility. “But it is very much so a possibility that Jeffrey Epstein was [an] intelligence asset working for our adversaries. But also… I think the question that we have is how much did our own government know about it?”

After a subpoena to the Department of Justice, more than 33,000 pages and hours of video tied to the Epstein case landed with the committee. Lawmakers said much of the material was already public, fueling anger that the real answers remain locked away. The survivors joined Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna for a joint press conference demanding more transparency and a firm vote to open the files.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backed them and pressed for a personal meeting. She said she urged President Trump to meet the women in the Oval Office. Then she issued a warning: “I’ll walk across that floor and say every damn name.”

Massie and Khanna are gathering signatures on a discharge petition to force a vote requiring the DOJ to release more records. Khanna said all 212 House Democrats will sign and that at least six Republicans are ready to join to reach the 218 needed. Massie blasted House leadership and accused Speaker Mike Johnson of “cover\[ing] up a sex trafficking ring.”

Johnson shot back. “I would describe virtually everything Thomas Massie says related to this issue as meaningless,” he told reporters. Oversight Chairman James Comer countered that his panel is already on the case. “We’re going to go beyond it. We’re already getting the documents from the administration,” he said, adding, “I don’t think [the discharge petition is] necessary at all.”

Luna said she supports Comer’s approach inside the committee. “Rep. Comer is running point on this and I am fully backing these efforts,” she posted. But after hearing the survivors, she also said she would “be happy to” sign the discharge petition if that’s what it takes.

President Trump, focused on his broader agenda, brushed off the press conference buzz when asked in the Oval Office. “They’re trying to get people to talk about something that’s totally irrelevant to the success we’ve had as a nation since I’ve been president,” he said. He added, “I know that no matter what you do, it’s going to keep going,” and, “Really, I think it’s enough.”

The next move belongs to Congress. Every survivor deserves full sunlight, and every enabler deserves justice. Release what remains hidden, follow the money across borders, and hold the guilty to account—no more delays, no more protection for the powerful.