IHIP News: Epstein Victim's Lawyer Gives EXCLUSIVE On the Survivors NEXT MOVES to Take Down Trump!

Today we are joined by Eric Fudali who. is a managing partner of the Bloom Law. Firm and has also represented and. continues to represent close to a dozen. Epstein Maxwell survivors. Welcome, Eric. Thank you for coming. >> Thanks for having me. I know this is a. very busy time for you and there's a lot. of different avenues to pursue, but my. first question is after the hearing with. Pam Bondi and how absolutely.

disrespectful and deplorable she was, how did that leave the victims feeling. or survivors? >> Yeah, I'm not even sure I could call. that a hearing. I mean, to me, that was. just like an extended temper tantrum by. Pam Bondi. I don't know how else to. describe that. It was so bizarre. And. what's so strange about this is, you. know, for the past couple months or so, I've been, you know, almost giving them. the Department of Justice the benefit of. the doubt and saying this is probably. just pure incompetence. No way. They are.

intending to disrespect the survivors. No way. They're just intending to. protect the potential co-conspirators. and the potential co-abusers. But after. that hearing when Pam Bondi wouldn't. even like look at them, I mean, not even. okay, not apologize. This administration. is not a very apologyoriented. administration to say the least, but not. even to give them the respect of looking. at them in the eye, acknowledging their. existence, acknowledging, you know, what. they've been through, just a temper. tantrum. I mean, just yelling and.

pointing fingers and and insulting. I. I'm at the point where I have no other. reasonable explanation that this is a. cover up. There is zero disregard for. the the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. And the only care about from this. administration, this Department of. Justice is protecting themselves. I. mean, I don't know what other and. protecting their friends. I don't know. what other possible conclusion you could. come to after viewing that. And for the. survivors, it's the same thing. You know. what's so unfortunate about this is this. is something they're used to, right? They have been wronged. They have been.

disrespected. They have been exploited. They have been victimized and. revictimized since the 90s. I mean, way. back from the, you know, from the Maria. Farmer complaint that that went to. nothing but with the, you know, with the. FBI to the Alex Aosta deal that I could. speak hours about, how that was a. travesty of injustice and allowed. Epstein to continue to abuse to Jeffrey. Epste being able to kill himself while. in federal custody somehow. And then of. course, Gileain Maxwell being convicted. and then being transferred to a minimum. security resort after she was given a a.

platform by Todd Blanch to just make. things up. So, you know, it's nothing. new for them and it's so profound that. no matter how long how many times. they're wronged, how many times they're. revictimized, how many times some of the. most powerful people in the country like. Pam Bondi, you know, can can disrespect. them, they still continue to fight. So, they're frustrated, you know, they're. they're they're angry. Um, but as you've. seen and as I think the public has seen. for the last, you know, couple years or. so, the more angry and the more. disrespect they get, the stronger they. get and the more they're going to. continue to fight. I'm so glad to hear.

that because it is it's so alarming how. disrespectful. she was in that hearing and when they. raised their hand all the people who had. not been contacted and it's my. understanding now that other countries. obviously the DOJ they came out and said. we're done hands off we're done you have. other countries now launching. investigation and asking for witnesses. to come forward do you as a at as an.

attorney for these survivors. Does that give you some optimism that. justice will come? It just won't be from. the United States. >> It certainly gives gives me optimism and. I and I don't want to lose sight of the. progress that these survivors have made. even in the United States, right? We are. a long way to go and the way the DOJ has. handled this is just atrocious. However, they did get these documents released. It was very clear and I would have said. maybe five, six months ago, I would have. said, "No way. This administration wants. this story to go away. They are never.

going to give in. But because of the. fight of the survivors, they convince. congressmen. They convince almost ent. the entirety of Congress, you almost. unanimous. They got the Senate. They. even got Trump to sign it. I mean, this. Epstein transparency act. So, I don't. want to lose sight because there has. been a lot of progress from the. prosecutors, but it's clear from the. Department of Justice that there's going. to be no real criminal liability um from. the United States. So yes, we are. optimistic that we're seeing some of the. other, you know, other countries, you. know, actually take this seriously, actually take a pro- survivor approach.

to this, which is in stark contrast to. the way the United States has has. handled it. So yeah, there is some. optimism. Of course, myself and my my my. clients will absolutely be, you know, participating in any, you know, any. lawful investigation, any criminal. investigation that, you know, that that. transpires, whether it's in the United. States or abroad. You know, we want. justice and we're not going to stop. until until we get it. >> Let me ask you what how can you put. pressure on the Department of Justice. moving forward because there seems to be.

like you said because of the ground. swell of support for releasing the. documents. You know, 3 million. approximately documents have been. released, but you have a whole another 3. million that have yet to be released. Mhm. >> They're still covering up perpetrators. names while allowing victim's names to. be unredacted. So, how do you as an. attorney for the survivors put pressure. on the Department of Justice? >> It's a great question. You know, I think. the answer is to continue doing what.

they did and continue doing what. everyone has done to get to this point. Remember, there was a strong fight to. ever release any of these documents. It. took a lot of work. It took a bill to be. passed, like an actual bill to go. through Congress, to go through the. Senate, to get signed by the president. to get these files released. That was a. lot of pressure and that was an enormous. feat for the survivors and for the, you. know, those who have advocated for the. survivors. So, my answer to that is to. continue to do what we've been doing, but, you know, amplify it up. Continue.

to call your congressperson, continue to. call your representative, continue to. raise the voices of the survivors. Don't. let this story go silent. The. administration is going to do everything. they can do to try to distract to try to. put this story to bed as they've been. trying to do for the last 6 months or. so. Don't let it die. Continue to. advocates advocate raise the voices of. the survivors. Trust you know the. survivors. Believe women. Believe these. survivors and and you know be an. advocate for them because they're trying. to drown out their voices. You saw Pam. Bonnie couldn't couldn't even.

acknowledge their existence. That's sort. of a good um you know almost microcosm. for the entire way this administration. has treated these victims. Don't let. them push them away. Continue to. advocate, continue to fight and continue. to do interviews like these. Continue to. put advocates for the for the Epstein. survivors and for justice and common. sense justice, you know, keep amplifying. those voices and I think hopefully that. pressure will continue continue to mount. and we'll make more change and we'll get. true, you know, exposure, accountability, and then ultimately. closure for the survivors.

Can you sue the Department of Justice. for the failure to prosecute or what are. what are your remedies against the. Department of Justice? >> So, we're looking into all of those. remedies right now and you know, we I've. had a lot of meetings internally at my. law firm with our clients and you know, trying to explore every avenue of suing. the Department of Justice for what you. know, for the catastrophe that this has. been consu you know, suing uh district. attorney's office, the FBI. The problem. is the federal government gets to make. the laws as to how the federal. government gets sued and it's not a.

simple task. There's a lot of red tape. There's a lot of yellow tape. There's a. lot of delays filing claims when the you. know there's just it there's a lot of. red tape. Now that doesn't mean we're. going to stop it. It's not a deterrence. to us. However, I think Congress and the. people who are already in power have a. quicker and better avenue for that for. that type of thing than we do. holding. contempt hearings, um filing lawsuits. themselves, getting judges to oversee. this. We're going to pursue every single. remedy. You know, we can, but I think it. needs to be a a group effort with the.

survivors, the survivors attorneys and. Congress because uh the the federal. government puts a lot of red tape in the. way of, you know, lay people suing the. federal government for say failing to. prosecute or using their discretion. It's very difficult. There's a lot of. immunity the government has. What about. civil lawsuits against perpetrators? >> Absolutely. So, that obviously obviously. of course is something that that we are. pursuing. You know, we were of course. part of the the civil lawsuits early on. against Epstein, against JP Morgan. Um,

and we're continuing as more and more. information is revealed, continuing to. consider and investigate certain. lawsuits. Obviously, we are finding out. like, you know, like I said earlier, there is some optimism here. There has. been progress. We are seeing some names. you know, we are seeing names that were. previously, you know, secret revealed as. possible co-conspirators, as possible, you know, financeers of of Jeffrey. Epstein. And, you know, we're. investigating to see whether those. people knew whether they should have. known what they were financing. It's. important to remember that despite what. Alex Aosta did in 2008 or what he didn't.

do, he did make Jeffrey Epstein a. registered sex offender. That was. public. So I think anyone who after 2008. continued continued to socialize closely. with Jeffrey Epstein, continued to. finance him, continued to just associate. with him in a very close manner, knew or. should have known that they were. associating, funding, financing, socializing with a registered sex. offender who was continuously surrounded. by young girls. So I I think those. people have a lot of questions to answer.

and as more and more names and more. information are revealed. We are. absolutely uh investigating, you know, very specific people and looking into. potential civil lawsuits. >> Okay. I have a question that I've had. since this whole we're going to release. the names. You know, when Pam Bondi. first came in, she was going to release. all then she said, "Oh, there is none.". >> And then you find out they want to. interview Glain Maxwell, but they don't. want to interview the victims. What are the victims able to create a.

list and release a list of perpetrators. publicly like come together like say you. know you have a dozen clients they put. you know all the names on a list and. release that what are the perils for. them in doing that? >> Yeah. >> And is that something that you would. consider? >> So again great great question. So we'll. start with the perils. The perils are. that if they release names accusing them. of sex trafficking or sexual abuse or or. anything related to that, they could.

very well get sued by those very. powerful people. And unfortunately, so. in my line of work, what I do as a. career is I represent typically women. against very powerful alleged sexual. abusers, okay? Sex traffickers. And sort. of the playbook recently for powerful. men has just been to sue their accuser. into oblivion. Non-stop lawsuits where, you know, the court's going to find them. $50,000. Who cares? for a frivolous. lawsuit. They're going to continue to do. it and do it and do it. And if you give. them an inch, they're going to take that. inch and they're going to sue. And. defamation has sort of been the intrend,

if you will, you know, lawsuit to file. I've been sued on behalf of my ad. advocacy for my clients all the time. My. clients have been sued. You know, it's. very ugly now. We we take it. Uh but. it's ugly. And I think there's a fear. when these women do not have the. resources of say these very very and now. we can see how powerful powerful men uh. it can be intimidating. Now of course. truth is a defense to defamation but. that doesn't mean you don't have to hire. a lawyer. That doesn't mean you have to. spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. on legal fees and it's not pleasant to.

be sued. Uh so that's one of the. deterrents. You know, the other not. deterrent is, you know, it's a fair. question of course because, you know, the women, you know, likely do have this. information, but I think the pressure on. them to, you know, the burden on the. women to be the ones Yeah. absolutely is. just so unfair when the DOJ is in is in. possession of these names. You know, it's not as if it's just the survivors. No, clearly there's names redacted in. very suspicious, very salacious emails. We know the DOJ has basically admitted. that they've redacted names of potential.

co-conspirators. you've seen the names. redacted. Uh so you know it's it's it's. the burden of the department of justice. It's I mean it's the department of. justice, right? This is not the. department of defending Trump. This is. not the department of keeping Jeffrey. Epstein files secret. This is Department. of Justice. They should be the ones who. are advocating for the survivors. They. should be the ones who are releasing. these names. They should be the ones. pursuing justice, not the ones depriving. the survivors of justice. >> No, I completely agree. It's such a it's.

just another huge burden to put on these. survivors. Okay, one last thing. Glain. Maxwell, she has that long interview. with Todd Blanch. >> Yeah. >> Transferred to Cushy uh Country Club. Fed. >> Yeah. >> And then goes into Congress to the. oversight committee and takes the fifth. and says she will only release. information with clemency if she is. granted clemency. >> What was your reaction to that?

You know, I am sick of hearing from Gla. Maxwell. I think that Todd Blanch quote. unquote interview was a was a a. revictimization of the survivors. Giving. someone who's been accused of perjury, given someone who is a convicted child. sex trafficker, one of the most heinous. crimes we have here in the United. States. Convicted child sex trafficker. convicted of tricking 14-year-old girls. into to get into Jeff Epste's orbit. because she knew that he was going to. rape them ultimately. So, she is a.

despicable person and she did not. deserve a platform. She does not even. really deserve to be spoken about. I was. appalled by that whole thing. And what's. even more appalling is that Donald Trump. has not ruled it out. You would think. any common sense what Donald Trump would. be asked, are you considering a clemency. or pardon? Any reasonable human being. would say, "Of course not. She's a. convicted child sex trafficker. What. kind of insane person would be would. consider a pardon for that?" So, that's. even, you know, even more appalling that. it hasn't been ruled out. there's even. hope that she felt confident enough that. she could even request that. Um, yeah.

So, I guess, you know, short answer, long answer to your question is, you. know, really just sort of appalled by. anything that has to do with Gain. Maxwell these days. In my opinion, she. deserves to be rotting behind bars in a. maximum security prison where convicted. child sex traffickers belong. >> Well, and wasn't she also convicted of. perjury? She was accused of perjury and. then I believe those f those those were. dropped because she was they were end up. pursuing the other charges the more. serious charges of child sex. trafficking. So they chose not to pursue.

the perjury charges as well after they. convicted her of child sex. But she was. she has been accused at a court of law. of perjury. >> Okay. Final question. As you move. forward with these victims, what would. justice look like for them? >> Right. So, it's it's really three. things, I think, and I think you I guess. you it's a lot, but you can narrow it. down to three things. The first is. exposure. The number one thing they've. been advocating for is exposure of not. just Jeffrey Epstein, not a bunch of.

redacted names, certainly not their own. names because that's basically what the. Department of Justice did, uh, but. exposure of everyone who facilitated, who enabled, who turned a blind eye, or. at worst co-abuse with Jeffrey Epstein. Full exposure. Second comes. accountability. Now accountability can. take a lot of forms. Of course there's. criminal accountability that would be. ideal. Uh civil accountability or even. see you see some like societal. accountability. You have seen you know. people lose their jobs, people resign, people sell their companies. There's. been some real, you know, what I'd call.

societal accountability. >> But they're really after criminal and. civil liability. Then the third is. closure. They'd really like to move on. with their lives. you know, as much as. they advocate and as much they've been. fighting and they're going to continue. to fight to keep this uh topic, you. know, in the news and keep it relevant. to keep more pressure, they would like. closure. They'd like to move on for. this. They would like to be able to turn. on their phones or their TVs and not see. Jeffrey Epstein's face or name every. single time and not that have to be. their full identity anymore. They'd like. closure, but you can't they cannot have.

closure without accountability and. justice. And they can't have the. accountability and justice without. exposure. So, it needs to be all three. and it needs to be in that order. Exposure, accountability, and closure. And and I I think that sums up really. what this fight is all about for the. survivors. >> I agree and thank you for sharing that. Please share our support with your. clients and as we move forward, you. know, obviously if we'd love to have you. back as more things come to light and. best of luck to you in this mission.

Thanks for being on. >> Thanks so much for having me. I. appreciate it.