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The ad supports Democratic candidate Jessica Killin against Republican Rep. 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Jeff Crank in Colorado's 5th Congressional District.","Giuffre's brother and sister-in-law appear in the ad criticising Crank for not meeting with them and for his votes on releasing Epstein-related files.","Crank's campaign stated he has consistently supported transparency and accountability regarding Jeffrey Epstein."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The campaign arm working to elect House Democrats released a political advertisement featuring the family of Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim. The ad supports Democratic candidate Jessica Killin, who is running against Republican Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. The advertisement is a six-figure buy airing in the El Paso media market."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In the advertisement, Giuffre's brother, Sky Roberts, and sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, speak directly to the camera. They criticise Crank for not meeting with them while lawmakers considered votes to release files related to Epstein. Amanda Roberts stated that Crank \"repeatedly voted to cover them up\" and refused to sign onto a bipartisan discharge petition that forced a vote on the Epstein files. Sky Roberts said, \"After she died, we promised to carry on her fight.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on Crank's votes"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The DCCC and the ad state that Jeff Crank \"repeatedly voted to cover them up\" and \"covered up Epstein’s crimes to protect Donald Trump.\" KRDO reported that Crank \"last year had declined to sign a bipartisan discharge petition, which would have forced a vote to release thousands of files related to Epstein on the House floor.\" It also noted that Crank \"later, joining nearly every other member of Congress, voted to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which compelled the government to release extensive files pertaining to its investigations into Epstein.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left or centre-rated reports printed below mention the six-figure cost of the advertisement or the specific media market in which it is airing."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"Raw Story","url":"https://rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2678002591","headline":"Republican's Epstein vote comes back to haunt him: 'He has no business being in Congress'","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:24:01.000Z"},{"sourceName":"KRDO","url":"https://krdo.com/news/2026/10/05/democrats-release-midterms-ad-featuring-family-of-epstein-victim-virginia-giuffre","headline":"Democrats release midterms ad featuring family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:03:31.000Z"},{"sourceName":"KEYT","url":"https://keyt.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/05/democrats-release-midterms-ad-featuring-family-of-epstein-victim-virginia-giuffre","headline":"Democrats release midterms ad featuring family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:03:31.000Z"},{"sourceName":"KESQ","url":"https://kesq.com/news/national-politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/05/democrats-release-midterms-ad-featuring-family-of-epstein-victim-virginia-giuffre","headline":"Democrats release midterms ad featuring family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:03:31.000Z"},{"sourceName":"kioncentralcoast.com","url":"https://kioncentralcoast.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/05/democrats-release-midterms-ad-featuring-family-of-epstein-victim-virginia-giuffre","headline":"Democrats release midterms ad featuring family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:03:31.000Z"},{"sourceName":"NBC News","url":"https://nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/family-epstein-victim-appears-campaign-attack-ad-colorado-rcna601415","headline":"Family of Epstein victim appears in campaign attack ad in Colorado","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T12:00:53.654Z"},{"sourceName":"DCCC","url":"https://dccc.org/dccc-releases-new-tv-ad-in-co-05-featuring-family-of-jeffrey-epstein-victim-virginia","headline":"DCCC Releases New TV Ad in CO-05 Featuring Family of Jeffrey Epstein Victim: “Virginia”","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T09:16:36.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":43,"centre":57,"right":0},"count":{"left":3,"centre":4,"right":0},"totalSources":7,"untracked":0,"rated":7,"observedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:30.275612+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-05T13:45:18.992Z","closedAt":null,"checks":3,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":["Reports from the left-rated outlets focused on the attack ad's content and its implications for Rep. 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