VALOR Statement on Corruption and The Epstein Files

February 12, 2026 |
VALOR

Over the past decade, serious allegations of sexual violence and exploitation have surfaced again and again at the highest levels of government. Investigations stall. Attention fades. Consequences disappear. When government officials appear to delay, deflect, interfere, or avoid accountability, people across every political line should be angry.

Sexual violence and exploitation are not left vs. right issues. They are human issues. This is about whether justice applies to everyone or protects the powerful from consequences. And whether the public cares enough about sexual violence to demand accountability.

When those we have elected treat rape as politically inconvenient, they abandon the very people they are sworn to protect.
When those we have elected treat rape as politically inconvenient, they forfeit the public’s trust and their moral authority to lead.
When those we have elected treat rape as politically inconvenient, it becomes the people’s duty to demand better.
When those we have elected treat rape as politically inconvenient, something is deeply rotten, and we cannot pretend otherwise.

Apathy is not neutral. Silence is not harmless. Apathy and silence normalize abuse, and powerful people learn they can ignore survivors without consequence. They learn they can ignore us.

This is a call to everyone who believes sexual violence must stop. We know you care. Ask hard questions. Demand real investigations. Contact your representatives. Organize locally. Show up publicly.

Not later. Now.

 

Call your Senators (202) 224-3121. 

Call your Representatives (202) 225-3121. 

Email your members of Congress or talk to them at their offices. Find them here