Jen Psaki

After all, his Justice Department spent months defying a congressional subpoena for the Epstein files.

So given all of that, it's not surprising that Melania Trump's bizarre, self-involved public statement also did not sit well with survivors.

I mean, in response to the First Lady's remarks, a group of 15 survivors and family members of victims said in a statement, First Lady Melania Trump is now shifting the burden onto survivors under politicized conditions that protect those with power.

The statement calls out the Justice Department, law enforcement, prosecutors, and the Trump administration, which has still not fully complied with the Epstein-Files Transparency Act.

And they add that it also diverts attention from Pam Bondi, who must answer for withheld files and the exposure of survivors' identities.

And they issued a call to action, saying, survivors have done their part.

Now it's time for those in power to do theirs.

Maybe the First Lady can just saunter over across the hallway in the residence and ask her own husband to release the remaining Epstein files.

That would be far more powerful than her performance this morning.

Joining me now is Congressman Robert Garcia.

He's the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

First of all, I just described my reaction when I saw this happen this morning and Melania Trump's remarks.

You have been so close to this.

You've been in it.

What was going through your mind when you watched Melania Trump deliver that statement today?

Well, it also could have been a self-involved effort to tell her own version of events before a story comes out.

We don't know.

We'll see what happens.

One of the things that struck me, and we just played this, and it didn't sit well with the survivors, as you also alluded to, is she called on Congress to have survivors testify

under oath.