Nancy Mace, the US representative for South Carolina’s First congressional district, said she had a “full blown panic attack” when listening to sex trafficking victims tell their story.

Mace, who is running for Governor of South Carolina, wrote on X afterwards: “Now seems like a good time to discuss prosecuting Prince Andrew for any and all potential crimes on US soil.”

The US politician, who is a social media star in the Republican Party, also explained: “Since it’s already being reported – yes I left the Oversight briefing with Epstein victims early. As a recent survivor (not two years in), I had a very difficult time listening to their stories. Full blown panic attack. Sweating. Hyperventilating. Shaking. I can’t breathe. I feel the immense pain of how hard all victims are fighting for themselves because we know absolutely no one will fight for us. God bless all survivors.”

Andrew has always denied claims by Epstein trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre that he abused her when she was 17, insisting he never saw or suspected Epstein’s crimes. The Duke has ignored repeated calls to tell US authorities what he knows about paedo Epstein’s criminal behaviour.

In his notorious Newsnight interview five years ago, Andrew vowed to help the probe into Epstein and his warped madam Ghislaine Maxwell. But the royal has remained silent – and claimed he knew nothing of Epstein’s vile crimes despite their friendship.

It comes as a huge dump of files relating to convicted sex offender Epstein was released on Tuesday after massive pressure from campaigners, including some MAGA figures.

Much was already in the public domain, but there is some significant new material in the files that date back to 2005.

Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna said: “This is a lot bigger than anyone anticipated.”

She added: “There are some rich and powerful people that need to go to jail. I think everyone’s frustrated as to why that hasn’t happened before.”

‘WE KNOW THE NAMES’

Sex trafficking survivors who suffered at the hands of Epstein have now gathered to campaign for further protections for abuse victims after the files were released.

They were joined by politicians like GOP Representative Thomas Massie, who authored a discharge petition to release all of the files.

The petition has garnered some bipartisan support from Republican outliers like Marjorie Taylor Green, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace. In the press conference held outside Capitol Hill, one survivor suggested that the women were ready to pen their own client list of abusers who frequented Epstein’s private jet and island.

“We know the names. Many of us were abused by them,” said model Lisa Phillips, who previously claimed that her friend had slept with Prince Andrew on the orders of Epstein.

“We will compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world.”

The victims went on to claim that Ghislaine, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring to sexually abuse minors, was moved to a cushy facility.

Anouska De Georgiou, who has previously said that she was sucked into Epstein’s orbit in the 90s when she was working as a teenage model, said she was “horrified” to learn Maxwell is in a lower security facility.

She called the prison a “holiday camp.”

“This woman abused children,” she said at the conference.

When asked about Maxwell being potentially pardoned, Georgiou said it was “one of my worst nightmares.”

Sky Roberts, the brother of whistleblower Virginia Giuffre, who was one of the most prominent Epstein accusers, also spoke out, months after his beloved sister died by suicide. Roberts said that the issue isn’t political, but was about “doing what’s right.”

“And this is about ensuring that the future we leave behind isn’t one where the powerful can hide behind their wealth, their influence and their money to evade justice,” he said.

Meanwhile, at a news conference held after the victims spoke, Donald Trump blasted the victims’ statements and said, “This is a Democrat hoax that never ends.”

He compared it to the JFK assassination files that were released in March, and said, “We gave them everything […] nobody is ever satisfied.”

“These are sick people, and I think we’re going to have a tremendous midterm,” he told reporters.

FILES RELEASED

A staggering 33,295 pages of material handed over by the Justice Department after a subpoena from chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) were released by the committee on Tuesday.

The files cover Epstein’s sprawling sex-trafficking network and his partner-in-crime Maxwell. The trove includes old court filings, police bodycam footage of searches, and interviews with victims — their faces blurred to protect identities. Much of it has been seen before, but the sheer scale of the release is unprecedented.

Resurfaced videos in the release showed inside the paedophile’s lair – decorated with a massive collection of photos nude women and Epstein’s meetings with high-profile figures.

Naked ladies look out from frames in Epstein’s bathrooms, hallways, his personal gym, and several offices.

His accomplice girlfriend and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell features in over a dozen photographs – including one nude shot of her lounging on a beach.

There are also photos of Epstein with people such as Pope John Paul II and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Maxwell confirmed that these high-profile meetings took place in either 2002 or 2003 during her interview with Trump DOJ officials released last month.

The footage from inside Epstein’s house comes from 2005 – when a criminal investigation was first launched into him by local police in Palm Beach, Florida.

It wound up with a controversial deal where the multi-millionaire pleaded guilty to state prostitution charges and, in exchange, Miami-based federal prosecutors promised not to bring charges. Pressure is now mounting on Congress to go further.

VIRGINIA GIUFFRE

Epstein and Prince Andrew became pals after being introduced in the early 2000s. Virginia Giuffre alleged Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17 – a claim Andrew has denied.

The mum-of-three sued Prince Andrew in 2021, claiming she was trafficked and forced to have sex with the Duke on three occasions when she was a teen. It was the first time she had brought action against him after going public with the allegations in 2011.

She claimed she was trafficked and forced to have sex with the Andrew for the first time at Maxwell’s house in London after a night out at the club Tramp. Virginia also claimed she was forced to have sex with the Duke on at least two further occasions by Maxwell and Epstein.

She claimed she feared for her life when she was allegedly forced to have sex with Andrew, who is accused of having been aware of her age and status as a “sex-trafficking victim”.

Andrew has denied any wrongdoing and has denied allegations made against him.Virginia was tragically found unresponsive at her remote farmhouse in April this year after taking her own life.