Jamie Speaks In D.C.; Endorsed by Epstein Survivors
Congressional candidate Jamie Joyce presents draft legislation to fix three flaws in the Epstein Files Transparency Act
Proposal would protect survivors, broaden records requests beyond the DOJ, and use Congress's own power to declassify, with backing from three Epstein survivors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jamie Joyce, candidate for California's 12th Congressional District, was endorsed by three Epstein Survivors after she released draft legislation to repair three critical flaws in the original Epstein Files Transparency Act - a part of her omnibus bill “The MAD Act.” These are gaps that, Jamie argued, caused the law to expose survivors instead of revealing Jeffrey Epstein's network. Speaking at the Donald J. Trump and Epstein Files Reading Room in D.C., Jamie Joyce urged Congress to pass a stronger bill and offered her own draft for the taking.
During the 30 minute technical talk, she broke down exactly how the current law has produced roughly 3.5 million heavily redacted pages, but few true answers. Even with Katie Phang’s recent victory in court asking for redactions to be removed and for survivors to be protected, there are still more files to seek out.
Jamie explained that the original Epstein Files Transparency Act fell short in three ways:
A single word that failed survivors. The Act said the Attorney General "shall" release the files but only "may" redact survivors' personally identifiable information, including medical records. This effectively made survivor protection optional. Survivors' names, addresses, and former workplaces were therefore released publicly. However, her new draft makes those redactions mandatory.
Records from only one agency. Congress requested files solely from the Department of Justice. The draft directs requests to dozens of additional sources, including intelligence agencies, financial and tax regulators, and the National Archives. The MAD Act would also compel specific record types to be turned over, such as IRS reviews, FinCEN Suspicious Activity Reports, and federal visitor logs.
An unused path to declassification. The original bill released only "unclassified" material. The new draft invokes Congress's own authority to override executive classification which is maintained through court interpretation of the classification rights of the executive branch. This is the principle which courts have affirmed in the Nixon tapes case, when the public's right to know outweighed the executive's claim to secrecy.
"It was a one difference - it could have been “shall,” it could have been “must,” but it was a one word difference that failed to protect survivors’ personally identifiable information."— Jamie Joyce
Every single member of Congress except for one voted for this, when they could have made even just a one-word amendment to protect survivors. Jamie discussed the proposal with survivors at the Reading Room, three of whom present voiced support and officially endorsed her candidacy. When asked about why the Epstein Files were such an important issue to advance in her campaign, Jamie argues that the potential implication of the President himself, his administration, and other government representatives across administrations points to the corrupt coverup of our own military-intelligence and executive branch’s negligence on the rampant abuse of women and children.
“We must investigate the Epstein case to the maximal extent,” says Joyce, “because it may reveal that we are not actually a sovereign nation after all, but instead operating under blackmail that’s potentially held by a foreign nation which was originally created by Epstein. It is a thread worth pulling on until we reveal the truth about whether there is a web of influence that is preventing our government from serving the United States’ peoples interests. If our government is, in any way, implicated in the horrific abuse of Epstein, the American people demand to know and they demand justice.”
A part of Jamie’s argument for her candidacy is that the fact this bill passed without any amendments that would have protected survivors and surfaced more files is evidence that the people should elect representatives who have expertise - and pay attention to details. Jamie Joyce is making the full legislative draft available to any member of Congress or candidate who wishes to introduce it as a separate title: Title VII. Watch the full presentation below.