Epstein Survivors Amend Their Lawsuit Filed Against The U.S. Government (Part 1)

The American people trust the FBI and the Department of Justice to protect them.

That truth is all the more critical and justified when the FBI and Department of Justice receive tips that women and children are being sexually abused, trafficked, or the subject of child pornography.

In fact, those acts, all of which are criminal, are so grave that the FBI and Department of Justice have mandatory rules which require action when they receive such tips.

In those circumstances, the FBI, Department of Justice are often the only law enforcement agency in the US that can properly investigate and prosecute such crimes.

Sadly, never has the FBI nor Department of Justice violated its own mandatory rules or the American people's trust more despicably than how they handled reports of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes.

For decades, Jeffrey Epstein raped, trafficking, molested, and abused children, including plaintiffs.

Several victims, banks, and other law enforcement agencies told the FBI that Epstein was abusing and trafficking children.

Those victims, banks, and law enforcement agencies relied on the FBI to investigate Epstein.

For decades, the FBI had mandatory policies and procedures, some of which are found in the Manual of Investigative Operations and Guidelines, or MIOG, which existed as early as the '70s.

The FBI must conduct preliminary inquiries and investigations to prevent, detect, prosecute federal law violations.

Preliminary inquiries and investigations governed by these guidelines are conducted for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or prosecuting violations of federal law.

Per the nineteen ninety-one MIOG, the FBI prioritized the investigation of sex crimes against children.

The FBI also has had a mandatory policy and procedure arising from the Innocent Images national initiative from nineteen ninety-five.

The FBI also has had a mandatory policy and procedure in the MIOG, including those arising from Innocent Image national initiative and elsewhere, requiring them to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse, trafficking, and possession of CSAM.

For decades, the FBI repeatedly violated those policies.

For instance, in 1996, Maria Farmer told the FBI that Epstein was abusing and trafficking children, and that he was in the possession of CSAM.

The FBI's own document show that no action was taken on that tip.

Further, in 2005, a report was made to the FBI about Epstein's sex abuse and sex trafficking of plaintiff Audra Christiansen.

No action was taken on that tip either.

If the FBI had followed its procedure and investigated Ms.

Farmer and Ms. Christiansen's allegations, or the many that followed, Epstein would not have abused and trafficked countless other women and children, including plaintiffs.

The FBI failed to comply with the MIOG regarding Ms.

Farmer and Ms. Christiansen's reports.

In particular, the FBI failed to conduct a thorough investigation of federal law violations concerning the interstate transportation of obscene matters and the sexual exploitation of children, failed to carry those matters to a logical conclusion, and failed to exhaust all logical leads to ensure that no legitimate law enforcement interest justified their involvement.

The FBI also failed to conduct proper prelim inquiry to prevent, detect, and prosecute multiple federal law violations.