• Epstein survivors appeared in a Super Bowl Sunday ad holding teenage photos of themselves and demanding AG Pam Bondi release all files required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act
• The DOJ released roughly 3.5 million pages but withheld about half of the 6 million documents it reviewed, and survivors say the release exposed their identities while protecting powerful men
• Members of Congress are scheduled to begin reviewing unredacted Epstein files on Monday — without staff or electronic devices

NEW YORK, NY (TDR) — As more than 100 million Americans tuned in to watch Super Bowl LX on Sunday, survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein made their own play for the nation’s attention — releasing an emotional public service announcement demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi release the remaining Epstein files the Justice Department has withheld.

The 40-second video, produced in collaboration with World Without Exploitation, a human trafficking advocacy organization, opens with a stark message: “On November 19, 2025, the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law. 3 Million Files Still Have Not Been Released.” The words “Transparency,” “have” and “been” appear visually censored — a pointed design choice highlighting what survivors say is the gap between what the law requires and what the government has delivered.

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Several survivors then appear on camera holding photographs of themselves as teenagers — the ages at which they say Epstein abused them.

“After years of being kept apart, we’re standing together. Because this girl deserves the truth.”

That was Annie Farmer, one of the most prominent Epstein survivors, holding a photo of herself from the late 1990s. Farmer says she was 16 when Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused her. Her sister Maria filed a complaint with the FBI in 1996 — a complaint that went unacknowledged and uninvestigated for decades.

The PSA closes with a direct demand: “Stand With Us. Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi: IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH.”

Five Administrations, Zero Accountability

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The ad’s timing was deliberate. It aired one day before members of Congress are scheduled to begin reviewing unredacted Epstein files for the first time. According to a DOJ letter obtained by MS NOW, lawmakers will be able to access the files but not bring staff or electronic devices. They will be permitted to take notes.

The Super Bowl release also comes one week after the DOJ’s Jan. 30 disclosure of more than 3.5 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images — a release that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche described as the conclusion of the department’s review. But that tranche represented only about half of the roughly 6 million documents the DOJ collected under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law on Nov. 19, 2025.

The release also came 42 days after the Dec. 19 deadline mandated by Congress for making all relevant records public — a delay Blanche attributed to the volume of documents and the need to protect victim identities.

Journalist Jim Acosta shared the ad on social media, writing that survivors “will not ‘move on’ from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world.” World Without Exploitation posted an extended version, calling it “the Super Bowl ad every American should see.”

Survivors Say Transparency Exposed Victims, Not Abusers

The ad’s pointed frustration reflects a deeper grievance. Survivors and their attorneys say the DOJ’s handling of the file release has done more to expose victims than to hold powerful people accountable.

Eighteen Epstein survivors issued a joint statement last week condemning the release:

“This latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose survivors. Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous.”

Attorneys Brittany Henderson and Brad Edwards, who represent approximately 300 Epstein survivors, sent a letter to judges overseeing the file releases describing what they called an unprecedented failure:

“DOJ committed what may be the single most egregious violation of victim privacy in one day in United States history.”

The attorneys said the DOJ had possessed victims’ names for months and could have prevented exposure through a basic search of the database. Instead, names, dates of birth, phone numbers and personal information were left unredacted across thousands of pages. At least one woman who had never previously come forward with abuse allegations was publicly identified through the release.

Danielle Bensky, a former ballerina who says Epstein abused her when she was a teenager, discovered that what she believed were confidential conversations with FBI investigators were included in the document dump. Her assessment of the DOJ’s handling has evolved over the past week:

“I thought it was carelessness, and then I went to incompetence. And now it feels, it feels a bit deliberate. It feels like a bit of an attack on survivors.”

The DOJ’s Response

Blanche has pushed back against accusations of negligence, telling reporters that the department “takes umbrage” at suggestions that the attorney general doesn’t take victim protection seriously. He acknowledged the volume of material — more than 6 million pages initially collected — and said the department erred on the side of overcollecting.

“Mistakes are inevitable. We encourage anyone who sees problems to reach out.”

A DOJ spokesperson told The New York Times the department was addressing victim concerns and making additional redactions. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman canceled a hearing that had been scheduled to address survivor protections, saying he was “pleased” that the parties appeared to be resolving privacy issues.

But as of midweek, Henderson told NBC News that victims’ identities remained publicly accessible despite the DOJ’s assurances the problems would be corrected.

“For five days, the Department of Justice has left the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein publicly exposed — named and personally identified on the government’s own website — despite acknowledging that these disclosures were wrongful and agreeing to correct them immediately.”

Henderson added that the documents had since been “downloaded, copied, and preserved, rendering the harm permanent and impossible to correct.”

What’s Missing — and Why It Matters

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have called on the DOJ to release the full 6 million pages. Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) called it “outrageous and incredibly concerning” that the department could withhold roughly half of the collected files while claiming compliance with the law.

Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), who co-sponsored the Transparency Act, have requested access to unredacted versions of key documents including FBI interview notes, victim statements and a draft indictment from the original 2007 Florida investigation.

“Congress cannot properly assess the Department’s handling of the Epstein and Maxwell cases without access to the complete record.”

On the other side, Trump has repeatedly signaled that the administration considers the matter closed. The New York Times reported Trump was mentioned more than 38,000 times across more than 5,300 files in the latest release. The president has denied any wrongdoing and told reporters in the Oval Office: “I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else.”

Farmer, the survivor who anchors the Super Bowl ad, addressed that sentiment directly in an NPR interview last week:

“You can just see clearly how that web of power protected him. Victims have been speaking out for a long time and have been naming names. But what is not clear is what was done to investigate.”

The Bigger Picture

The ad represents something larger than a single advocacy campaign. For the first time, Epstein survivors are coordinating a unified public pressure effort aimed not at a political party but at an institution — the Department of Justice — that has now disappointed them across five presidential administrations, both Democratic and Republican.

World Without Exploitation, founded in 2016 by a coalition that includes the National Organization for Women, Sanctuary for Families and Survivors for Solutions, first launched the video in October 2025 to push Congress toward passing the Transparency Act. The Super Bowl rerelease shifts the target from legislation — which has been signed into law — to enforcement.

The Epstein investigation began in 2005 when parents of a 14-year-old girl reported she had been molested at Epstein’s Palm Beach home. Police ultimately identified at least 35 girls with similar accounts. Despite the evidence, Epstein received a controversial plea deal in 2008 and served 13 months in state prison. He was arrested again in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges but died in custody a month later. Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is serving a 20-year sentence.

The survivors’ message on Super Bowl Sunday was unmistakable: the story isn’t over just because the powerful would prefer it to be.

When a transparency law produces 3.5 million pages that expose victims’ identities while half the collected files remain withheld — does that represent the accountability survivors were promised, or a system still protecting the wrong people?

Sources

This report was compiled using information from Newsweek’s coverage of the Super Bowl PSA, The Daily Beast’s reporting on the survivor ad targeting Bondi, The Mirror’s coverage of the Super Bowl ad, iHeart/WBZ NewsRadio’s reporting on the ad release, NPR’s interview with survivor Annie Farmer, NBC News’ reporting on unredacted survivor identities and ongoing redaction failures, Ms. Magazine’s compilation of survivor reactions, MS NOW’s reporting on the DOJ’s privacy violations, CBS News’ live coverage of the DOJ file release, and the DOJ’s official Epstein disclosures page.

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