The long-suppressed paper trail surrounding Jeffrey Epstein has finally surfaced, and for one of his earliest accusers, it confirms what she has said for decades: federal authorities were warned and did nothing.

The Justice Department’s release of tens of thousands of Epstein-related records on Friday includes a chilling document from 1996 showing that Maria Farmer alerted the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Epstein was seeking out child pornography — a full ten years before the bureau opened its first formal investigation into the financier.

“I’ve waited 30 years,” Farmer told The New York Times after the release. “They can’t call me a liar anymore.”

The document is believed to be the earliest known report to law enforcement about Epstein. In it, Farmer, an artist, warned that Epstein had stolen photographs she took of her sisters when they were 12 and 16 years old and alleged he may have sold the images. Farmer also claimed Epstein asked her to photograph young girls at swimming pools and later threatened to burn down her house if she spoke out.

Despite the seriousness of the allegations, the FBI has never publicly acknowledged receiving the report. The bureau declined to comment following the document release.

Farmer accused Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sexually assaulting her in a lawsuit filed in 2019. Maxwell is now serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking in connection with the Epstein operation.

In May, Farmer filed a lawsuit against the FBI in Washington, D.C., alleging the agency “did absolutely nothing” despite its legal obligation to act. The bureau did not begin investigating Epstein until 2006.

“The FBI, in violation of its mandatory obligations under regulations and DOJ policies, chose to do absolutely nothing,” the lawsuit states.

Farmer has also said she repeatedly tried to draw attention to Epstein’s connections to powerful figures, including former president Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump. While both men were known to have socialized with Epstein and were photographed with him, neither has been accused of wrongdoing.

Farmer told The New York Times that she encountered Trump in Epstein’s Manhattan office in 1995 and recalled him staring at her legs before Epstein intervened. The White House has denied the account.

“The president was never in Epstein’s office,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said. “The fact is that the president kicked him out of his club for being a creep.”

Farmer’s sister, Annie Farmer, has alleged she was invited to Epstein’s New Mexico ranch at age 16, where Epstein climbed into bed with her to “cuddle” and Maxwell massaged her bare chest.

Survivors have long demanded greater transparency from the government, and Friday’s document dump, though heavily redacted, is only the beginning. The Justice Department says additional records will be released in the coming weeks.

For Maria Farmer, the files are not closure — but confirmation. After decades of disbelief, threats, and silence, the record now shows that the warning was there all along.