6 more suspects found in Epstein files, officials say
By: Bart Jansen
USA Today
WASHINGTON - Two House members who led the effort to force the Justice Department to release more documents about accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, said they discovered at least six more suspected accomplices.
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The department began February 9 [2026] allowing lawmakers to review millions of records that remain confidential. Representatives Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, D-California, said they found additional suspects among names that had previously remained blacked out in publicly released records.
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"what we want is the men why Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women to - we want those names published," Massie told reporters. "In two hours, we found sic men whose names have been redacted who are implicated in the way that the files are presented."
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The revelations are part of the latest conflict between Congress and the Justice Department over the release of millions of documents about Epstein that remain confidential. Upcoming congressional hearings and depositions will focus on what has remained secret for years.
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Congress approved a law in November [2025] that directed the department to release all its files about Epstein, who died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
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Lawmakers and people who accused Epstein of abuse aim to track down powerful business and political leaders who might have conspired with him other than Ghislaine Maxwell, an Epstein associated serving a 20-year prison sentence.
..... The department has released 3.5 million documents out of 6 million. Lawmakers have pressed the department for why names other than those of people who accused him of abuse have been blacked out in the records - and why the reaming 2.5 million documents haven't been released.
..... The six men who Massie said were "likely incriminated" by their inclusion in the records - some with photographs - had been redacted.
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The lawmakers said part of the problem with lingering redactions was that FBI or grand jury documents arrived with redactions at the department. But lawmakers said the department was supposed to release those records without redactions under the law.
..... "They need to do their homework," Massie said.
..... Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify February 11 [2026] at the House Judiciary Committee and Massie plans to ask about what remains secret in the records.
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One previously redacted FBI document form 2019 listed Les Wexner, a financial client of Epstein and former CEO of Victoria's Secret, as a potential co-conspirator, Massie questioned why Wexner's name had been redacted and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche removed the redaction.
..... Blanche said the document had listed numerous names of people who accused Epstein of abuse.
..... Wexner hasn't been accused of wrongdoing and hasn't spoken publicly about his relationship with Epstein. But the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee scheduled a deposition with him February 18. [2026]
..... Massie found another document with four of 18 redacted names belonging to men who were born before 1970. Massie said the department needed to explain why the names were hidden.