Grace Panetta

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On a chilly Tuesday morning, over a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein gathered at the U.S. Capitol on the precipice of a hard-fought victory: a vote to release the federal government’s files on the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender with ties to many powerful people.

For the survivors, the vote marked long-delayed justice for their younger selves, who were represented in the photos many of them held — proof of innocence stolen and dreams shattered.

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“I want everybody to take a look,” survivor Haley Robson said as she hel

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