Trump news at a glance: Epstein survivors have words for Melania Trump after surprise statement

More than a dozen survivors accuse first lady of ‘shifting the burden’ on to them after she called on Congress to hold public hearings – key US politics stories from Friday 10 April

More than a dozen survivors of https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have accused https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/melania-trump">Melania Trump of “shifting the burden” on to them after she called on Congress to hold public hearings with victims of Epstein’s abuse.

“Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have already shown extraordinary courage by coming forward, filing reports, and giving testimony,” said a group of 13 people and the brother and sister of the late Virginia Giuffre, who was one of the most vocal Epstein accusers, in a https://x.com/Rep_Stansbury/status/2042439530565750899/photo/1">statement. “Asking more of them now is a deflection of responsibility not justice.”