Democratic congressman Ro Khanna has publicly revealed the identities of six men whose names were redacted from the Jeffrey Epstein files. In a floor speech on Tuesday, Khanna named billionaire retail magnate Leslie Wexner, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, and four others after he and Republican congressman Thomas Massie reviewed unredacted documents at the Department of Justice.
According to reporting from the Guardian, four of the six men had no connection to Epstein and were part of a law enforcement photo lineup. Two of those men, who spoke to the Guardian, strongly denied knowing Epstein and said their photos appeared due to unrelated arrests by the NYPD. Khanna did not provide evidence of wrongdoing against any of the men, and none have been charged in connection with Epstein.
“If we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3m files,” Khanna said during his speech. He noted that DOJ officials acknowledged their mistake when he and Massie pointed out the redactions, but the majority of the files remain redacted.
Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution and served 13 months in prison. He died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Being named in the files does not imply guilt, as individuals may appear through correspondence or other documentation.
