Sky Roberts and his wife, Amanda Roberts, the brother and sister-in-law of the late Virginia Giuffre, appear in a new television advertisement released Monday by Jessica Killin, the Democrat challenging Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), in which they say the congressman refused to meet with them about the congressional effort to force the release of federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
The ad was released by the Killin campaign and has been carried since by a widening circle of national and Colorado outlets, including the Colorado Sun, The Washington Post, The New York Times and the political account @dcexaminer, which summarized the spot Monday morning as the family of Virginia Giuffre shaming a Colorado Republican over an Epstein “cover-up” vote. The Robertses appear in the ad directly to camera alongside Killin, according to the Colorado Sun, in what the paper described as a direct-to-camera condemnation of Crank.
According to the Colorado Sun, the ad accuses Crank of refusing to meet with the family after they sought a conversation about the congressional push to release federal files on Epstein. The Washington Post reported that the ad accuses the congressman of declining that meeting. The New York Times reported that in the ad, the brother and sister-in-law of Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.
Virginia Giuffre was a prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and a central figure in the litigation and public disclosures that followed his death. The dispute at the center of the new advertisement concerns a congressional effort to compel the release of federal records related to Epstein — an effort that has drawn support from lawmakers in both parties and sustained attention from voters across the country.
The Killin campaign’s decision to place Giuffre’s relatives at the center of a paid television spot marks an escalation in a House race in Colorado’s Fifth Congressional District, where Crank is seeking reelection. By building the ad around the family of a woman whose name became synonymous with the Epstein case, Killin’s campaign has tied the national fight over the files directly to a sitting member’s constituent relations.
The claim that Crank refused to meet with the family is central to the advertisement, and it is disputed only insofar as it has not been independently verified. Crank’s office has not publicly responded to the specific allegation in the coverage reviewed. Reports describe the family’s account as the basis of the ad, and the Robertses are shown delivering that account themselves. The ad does not present new documentary evidence about the Epstein files; it presents the family’s account of their attempts to communicate with the congressman and their criticism of his vote.
The spot’s release followed a period in which the Epstein files fight has moved from the courthouse to the campaign trail. Ads featuring survivors and their families have become a recurring feature of the 2026 cycle, and the Killin advertisement is among the most direct uses of that subject matter in a competitive House race. The Colorado Sun reported that the ad features the Robertses with Killin, and the Washington Post reported that it accuses Crank of refusing to meet with them.
In the ad, according to the accounts of the spot carried by the outlets, the Robertses speak about Giuffre and about their effort to discuss the release of the files with Crank. The New York Times reported that the brother and sister-in-law say the congressman refused to meet with them. The Colorado Sun reported that the condemnation is delivered directly to camera. The Post characterized the ad as focused on Epstein.
The political context around the ad is a district that Republicans have held and that Democrats have targeted. Killin’s campaign has centered the Epstein issue and the Giuffre family in its paid messaging, and the decision to put the family on camera rather than a narrator places the allegation in the family’s voice. The @dcexaminer account carried the story Monday morning under the framing of the family shaming a Colorado Republican over an Epstein “cover-up” vote.
The underlying claim — that Crank declined to meet with the family — has not been confirmed by independent reporting. Coverage to date rests on the family’s account and on the advertisement itself. Next News Network could not independently verify the claim.
Crank is a Republican incumbent in a Colorado district that has drawn national attention. Killin is the Democrat challenging him. The advertisement was released Monday, and its contents have been described by the outlets that reviewed it. No engagement figures or fundraising totals from the ad’s release have been disclosed in the coverage reviewed.
What happens next depends on whether Crank’s office responds to the ad and whether the Epstein files dispute remains a salient issue in the district through the fall. The advertisement places the family of a deceased Epstein survivor at the center of that argument, and the campaign that released it has made clear it intends to keep the issue in front of voters.
Our Take
The Killin campaign has done what Democratic operatives across the country have been doing for months: taken the most emotionally charged material available in the Epstein story and aimed it at a Republican incumbent. The ad does not prove that Jeff Crank covered anything up, and the claim at its center — that he refused to sit down with the family — remains unverified by anyone outside the campaign and the family itself. But the family’s account deserves a response, and the congressman owes his constituents a straight answer about whether his office met the request or ignored it. Using the relatives of a victim in a television spot is a legitimate political choice and also a serious accusation, and television ads are not evidence. Crank should address the claim directly. And the press should hold the ad to the same standard it would apply to a Republican spot: the charge is in the ad, not in the record. Voters deserve the difference.
