India, Sept. 13 -- Three Epstein survivors arrived at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas on Sunday with press credentials, an invitation, and the same question that has followed the Trump administration for months: why are half of the epstein files still locked away?

Thirty-five minutes later, they were outside.

Convention security escorted independent journalist Tara Palmeri, her producer, and the three survivors from the building, accusing the group of carrying signs and staging a protest. Palmeri said she had done none of that. She had, she explained to the guard, been admitted as a credentialed member of the press and was doing precisely what credentialed press are there to do.

"We're allowed to talk to guests, we're allo...