Overview
- The House Oversight Committee made Lesley Groff’s eight-hour closed-door transcript public on Tuesday, exposing her denials that she ever scheduled massages for anyone she knew to be underage.
- Groff, who worked for Jeffrey Epstein for more than 18 years, told lawmakers she routinely booked massages and travel but said she believed the women were traveling assistants and never saw signs of duress.
- DOJ and FBI files released earlier contain witness statements alleging Groff knew the massage appointments were sexual and that at least one survivor told Groff she was under 18 and needed money for an abortion.
- Groff was once listed by prosecutors as a potential co-conspirator after Epstein’s 2019 arrest but was not charged; the committee has already referred two other individuals to the Justice Department and continues its investigation.
- The transcript release sharpens questions about who in Epstein’s circle may have enabled abuse, increases the chance of further DOJ review, and deepens scrutiny of how past probes handled potential enablers.