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Epstein survivors back Talarico, urge Paxton to sue DOJ over redacted files

Talarico said the files include 3 million pages and pressed Paxton to meet survivors and seek their release.

  • On Thursday, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico held a press conference in Dallas, calling on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to sue the Justice Department over the mishandling of Epstein files.
  • Talarico spoke at the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, a traveling exhibit featuring 3.5 million pages of records, alongside Epstein abuse survivors Annie Farmer and Sharlene Richard.
  • Critiquing Paxton for ignoring survivors, Talarico demanded the Attorney General use his power to 'sue the DOJ over the mishandling of these Epstein files,' targeting 2.5 million withheld files.
  • Paxton's campaign spokeswoman Madison Cercy responded by claiming Talarico's campaign infrastructure accepted over $11.5 million from Epstein's longtime associate Reid Hoffman, calling the accusations hypocritical.
  • Farmer stated she appreciated Talarico's efforts to hold the DOJ accountable, as the Senate race between Talarico and Paxton remains extremely close with candidates separated by only a few percentage points.
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The campaign by James Talarico, a Democratic Senate candidate for Texas, continued this Thursday his particular counter-programming to the unpublished Dallas Republican convention with an act along with two victims of the millionaire pederast Jeffrey Epstein. And it turned out, again, to be a cunning blow aimed at an uncovered flank of Donald Trump: the long friendship relationship that united him until 2004 with Epstein, and his Administration’…

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KDFW broke the news on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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