month, she alleged she was raped by epstein when she was 15 years old. what would justice look like to you? justice for me would be for him really to spend the rest of his life in prison and make sure that people like this, you know, are not allowed to harm young kids. let s get more about all of this from nbc s stephanie gosk in new york and nbc news justice correspondent pete williams here. stephanie, tell us about this lawsuit and the implications of it filed today. reporter: many people wondered what recourse the accusers were going to have following epstein s death. this lawsuit is an example of that recourse. essentially what she s done, along with her attorneys is accuse the apparatus around what prosecutors have called the sex trafficking ring of doing the harm. also going after epstein s estate. so it s two pronged.
investigation staying he s the same person who gave him a deal a decade ago are cause for barr to step back now. writing the appearance of impropriety with epstein considering barr acted as the president s lawyer instead of the people s regarding the russia situation and he should recuse himself from the epstein investigation. it s like a reservoir that s recently filled and leaking. we re in a dangerous place that no longer trusts the justice department is doing justice. joining us joyce vance in the flesh. joyce, take us through the argument you made in your piece and have you heard anything from the justice department in response? you know, i have not heard anything, nicolle and i don t think this attorney general will recuse. but one of your most important jobs if you re the attorney general of the united states is
saying, he had seen prominent figures in the tech world doing drugs and arranging for. saying they had regular users of drugs. epstein never named the names and the fbi has not rated epstein s compound and the virgin islands seizing at least three computers. the raid was apparently part of attorney general bill bowers bow that coconspirator should not rest easy. and, prince andrew, a woman who accused epstein of sexual assault claiming he paid her to have. at buckingham palace denies that obligation. mark: aside from getting everything wrong they were able to get it onto a four channel an hour before the news was officially released. that s good to hear. what s next for the epstein investigation now that the subject is deceased?
horrific but today by filing the lawsuit, they get to say this happened to me and i am telling the truth and that s what they are hoping the courts will say back to them. yes, you are telling the truth because for years they have been threatening if they told what happened to them that they were called liars and that god did not love them. all kinds of psychological game words were playing with them. that ends today. at least that s what survivors were hoping. i want to play a little bit of your interview with them. it was so compel ling and dramatic. what did they do to you? she assaulted me. she put her hands up me. she took the wash cloth and poured the rest and brought it up between my legs and shove it up. how often do you think of what happened to isn t it true. everyday. i try not to think about it.
come after iran seized british oil tanker in july, push uk to oppose hauwei over concerns that it can be security risk. simone biles winning sixth u.s. women s gymnastic title after historic performance, watch. double dipping double. not better than that run. there you go. 6-time national all around champion. [laughter] biles celebrating after landing a double-double from the bars and then she landed after that a triple double in her floor routine, biles first woman in history to nail that move. i have no idea thaw ohio do that, it s like super human. well, the time now is about 10 minutes after the top of the hour, inside the epstein