Testifying before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, the longtime executive assistant rejected accusations of conspiracy, stating she merely executed the incredibly complex daily logistics of an international criminal enterprise with the utmost professional competence.
Testifying before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Tuesday, longtime Jeffrey Epstein executive assistant Lesley Groff firmly rejected accusations of conspiracy, stating that she was completely unaware of the massive international sex trafficking ring whose daily logistics she flawlessly managed for nearly two decades.
In prepared remarks obtained by the committee, Groff described her former employer as a "master manipulator" who ruthlessly exploited her deep, unyielding commitment to administrative excellence. Agency transcripts show Groff explicitly denying any knowledge of Epstein's criminal acts, noting that her responsibilities were strictly limited to answering phones, organizing his domestic staffing arrangements, and ensuring that the clandestine, multi-state transport of dozens of undocumented minors ran strictly on time.
My testimony today will dispel the false notion that I enabled these evil acts, when the documentary record clearly shows I merely provided the frictionless, highly efficient logistical infrastructure required to keep them perfectly on schedule.
Lawmakers spent several hours reviewing thousands of pages of internal communications, travel manifests, and staffing directives that Groff personally executed. Under questioning from the panel, the executive assistant confirmed the authenticity of the records, expressing quiet pride in her ability to coordinate simultaneous helicopter transfers and private island staffing shortages without ever once asking a single clarifying question about the nature of her employer’s core business.
When pressed by committee members on how she could repeatedly schedule daily massage appointments with uncredentialed high schoolers without raising internal alarms, Groff directed lawmakers to her flawless compliance with federal tax withholding forms. According to hearing transcripts, she emphasized that a truly elite executive assistant anticipates an employer's needs and executes them in total, unquestioning silence, adding that her ability to remain completely oblivious to the central purpose of the enterprise was the exact skill that made her so valuable to the organization.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Groff’s legal team submitted hundreds of performance reviews into the congressional record, arguing that her consistent annual bonuses were awarded solely for her absolute discretion, rigid punctuality, and remarkable lack of workplace curiosity.