Two US congressmen have forced the justice department to disclose the names of six wealthy men they say are ‘likely incriminated’ by their inclusion in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Democratic congressman Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie revealed the identities on Tuesday, accusing the DoJ of redacting them ‘for no apparent reason’.
Khanna read the names in the House of Representatives, protected from defamation lawsuits by the speech and debate clause. The named individuals are: Leslie Wexner, founder of Victoria's Secret; Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World and an Emirati billionaire; and Nicola Caputo, Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, and Leonic Leonov.
‘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. ‘If we found six men they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files.’
In a separate development, at least ten people have been killed, including the suspect, after a school shooting in western Canada. The assailant, who died from an apparent self-inflicted injury, opened fire at a school in one of the deadliest mass shootings in the country’s history. Police said there were no other suspects.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was ‘devastated’ by the shootings. ‘I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today,’ he said, praising the courage of first responders. Canada’s strict gun laws have historically resulted in fewer mass shootings than the US.
