Overview
- Giuffre’s relatives and other survivors renewed their plea for a brief meeting at a Washington vigil on Saturday, asking the King for 10 minutes during his four-day visit that begins Monday.
- Buckingham Palace says the King and Queen cannot meet survivors because it could affect ongoing police inquiries and any related legal action, which officials argue would harm survivors’ pursuit of justice.
- U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a co-author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, will host a Tuesday morning roundtable with survivors and advocates hours before the King’s address to Congress.
- Advocates plan protests near the White House during the state events, including survivor Rina Oh’s live art “tea party” with an empty chair for the King to hear survivors’ stories.
- The push for a meeting follows the DOJ’s release of millions of Epstein files now under an inspector general review for redaction mistakes and withholding details, and a BBC report that Epstein housed women in London flats for years, which has fueled calls for a UK public inquiry.