Thomas Massie

Iowa state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democratic candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, criticized Congress and the Department of Justice for inaction on investigating Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. She spoke after visiting a traveling "reading room" exhibit at The Loft DSM, staged by the Institute for Primary Facts and DEFIANCE.org, featuring excerpts from DOJ-released Epstein investigation documents. She met with family members of Virginia Giuffre and self-identified Epstein victim Sharlene Rochard.

Trone Garriott criticized incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn for not signing Rep. Thomas Massie's discharge petition, which would let state attorneys general, victims and members of Congress sue the DOJ over withheld documents; only three other Republicans have signed it. Nunn's campaign countered that he voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act and accused Trone Garriott of skipping Iowa Senate votes on sex-offender sentencing. Giuffre's brother, Scott Roberts, thanked Trone Garriott for hearing survivors' stories and called for congressional leaders willing to hold powerful figures accountable.