'Take into account the survivors': Giuffre family responds to report of Vance-led Epstein strategy talks

Source: Scripps News

Posted 11:08 AM, Aug 06, 2025 and last updated 1:54 PM, Aug 06, 2025


The family of Virginia Giuffre is speaking out following a report that Vice President JD Vance is hosting a “strategy session” on the Trump administration’s handling of the so-called Epstein files. Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent sex trafficking accusers, died by suicide earlier this year.

CNN reported that Vance planned to convene top Trump administration officials at his home in Indiana. "Missing from this group is, of course, any survivor of the vicious crimes of convicted perjurer and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein," Giuffre's family said in a statement obtained by Scripps News. "Their voices must be heard, above all."

However, a spokesperson for the vice president disputed the CNN report. “The CNN story is pure fiction," said William Martin, communications director to the vice president. "There was never a supposed meeting scheduled at the Vice President’s residence to discuss Epstein strategy."

The Trump administration has faced growing pressure to release more information about Epstein since the FBI and Justice Department released a memo in July stating that a review of the sex offender’s case found no “incriminating client list.”

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