US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, along with Jeffrey Epstein survivors and their families, introduces Virginia's Law at the Capitol in Washington DC on Tuesday. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPAUS Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on ​Tuesday that they said would eliminate the statute of limitations that has shielded sex traffickers such as the late financier Jeffrey ‍Epstein. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and representative Teresa Leger Fernandez announced the proposal alongside Epstein victims and Virginia Giuffre’s family. The ‍proposal – Virginia’s Law – is named after Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, who died by suicide last year. Though Epstein died in 2019, transparency and accountability for victims of his abuse have led to oversight investigations and passage of the Epstein files law.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2026 05:44 UTC