Khanna Names Six ‘Wealthy, Powerful Men’ He Claims Were Redacted in Epstein Files

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna read aloud on the House floor the names of six “wealthy, powerful” men whom he said were “likely incriminated” in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, citing the unredacted version of the files he viewed earlier this week.

“Now my question is, why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the Justice Department to get these six men’s identities to become public?” Khanna said Tuesday. “And if we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those three million files.”

The names Khanna disclosed include billionaire Victoria’s Secret owner Leslie Wexner, Emirati billionaire businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem and former member of the European Parliament Nicola Caputo, as well as Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze and Leonic Leonov.

Khanna and Massie, the lawmakers who led the congressional push to release the Epstein files, visited the Justice Department on Monday to review a less-redacted version of the files than has been released publicly. Following their review, the lawmakers told reporters they identified at least six people that warranted further investigation for their associations with Epstein.

Monday night, the DOJ unredacted 16 names from a list that had originally only shown Epstein and convicted coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche did not explain what prompted the change in redactions and defended redacting Wexner from the original release.

“DOJ is hiding nothing,” Blanche posted on X.

Khanna, speaking Tuesday on the House floor, did not provide any evidence against the individuals he named and clarified that appearing in the files did not equate to criminal wrongdoing.

“None of this is designed to be a witch hunt. Just because someone may be in the files doesn’t mean that they’re guilty,” Khanna said. “But there are very powerful people who raped these underage girls — it wasn’t just Epstein and Maxwell — or showed up to the island or showed up to the ranch or showed up to the home knowing underage girls were being paraded around.”