Melania urges congressional hearings with Epstein victims, survivors push back

First lady Melania Trump called on Congress to hold public hearings where Jeffrey Epstein survivors would testify. Oversight Committee Chair James Comer told Fox News he plans to hold those hearings. Several survivors pushed back, saying public testimony would retraumatize them and shift the burden of accountability onto victims. The dispute matters because hearings will increase public scrutiny of Epstein’s network, shape policy responses, and politicize survivors’ trauma.