First lady had called for a public hearing for survivors but a group of those affected say they have ‘done their part’ and reiterate calls for Pam Bondi to be questioned
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Melania Trump has been accused of “shifting the burden” onto sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors after her extraordinary statement at the White House.
In a joint statement released to the media, a group of survivors said the first lady had moved to “protect those in power”.
They accused her of “shifting the burden onto survivors under politicized conditions to protect those with power”.
