WinSenate says Marshall turned his back on Epstein survivors who pleaded for transparency
WinSenateSuper PAC working to elect Democrats to the Senate, in an emailed statement from spokesperson Lauren French to FactCheck.org
In an emailed statement to FactCheck.org, WinSenate spokesperson Lauren French says Marshall's vote against an amendment to release the Epstein files kept evidence of child sexual abuse locked away for months, and that he turned his back on survivors who pleaded for transparency.
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Roger Marshall voted to keep the Epstein files sealed, helped cover up Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of girls and used his office to protect pedophiles.
“When survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse pleaded with Roger Marshall for justice and transparency, he turned his back on them”
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Super PAC ads accuse Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton of protecting pedophiles in the Kansas Senate race; FactCheck.org calls both attacks misleading or unsupported
A WinSenate ad says Sen. Roger Marshall helped cover up Jeffrey Epstein's abuse by voting to keep the Epstein files sealed, and a Senate Leadership Fund ad says his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton, protected a pedophile at his church's camp. FactCheck.org says both attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence.
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FactCheck.org's review of two WinSenate ads about Sen. Roger Marshall and a Senate Leadership Fund ad about Adam Hamilton. It quotes the ads, an emailed statement from WinSenate spokesperson Lauren French, statements from spokespeople for two donors named in one ad, and Hamilton's remarks in an October debate and on CNN.
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FactCheck.org asked WinSenate about its ads. French first said that Marshall's initial vote against releasing the files was a decision to keep evidence about the sexual abuse of children locked away for months longer, while the powerful people named in it kept their secrets.
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French went on to say that Marshall voted to kill an effort to force the Justice Department to release the files, blaming technicalities. FactCheck.org reports that she did not answer its question about the ad's description of four donors as Epstein associates.
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The reference point is the super PAC ads' accusations that Marshall and Hamilton protected pedophiles. French repeats the accusation against Marshall and argues that his vote kept evidence of abuse locked away, which defends WinSenate's claim.
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Read the full caseFactCheck.org says both Kansas attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence
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Senate Leadership Fund calls Hamilton a pedophile protector after his CNN answer
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Trump tells a Kansas rally that Hamilton shielded a child sexual predator at his church
“And on top of it all, Adam Hamilton shielded a child sexual predator at his church.”Read statement
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The Dispute Index. "WinSenate says Marshall turned his back on Epstein survivors who pleaded for transparency". First published: 2026-11-03. Last updated: 2026-11-03. https://disputeindex.com/events/8009-in-an-emailed-statement-to-factcheck-org-winsenate