Reps. Massie and Khanna say names of six men 'are likely incriminated' in unredacted Epstein files

Описание: (10 Feb 2026)
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Washington – 9 February 2026
1. Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie exit Department of Justice building
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Thomas Massie, (R) Kentucky: ++CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS SHOT++
“Well, that was an interesting experience."
UPSOUND (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California:
"It was."
SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Thomas Massie, (R) Kentucky:
"The user interface is a little clunky at first, but what I saw that bothered me were the names of at least six men that have been redacted that are likely incriminated by their inclusion in these files. So that's the first thing that I saw. It took some digging to find them. Then I'll let you talk about what you saw.“
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California: ++CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS SHOT++
“Well, and we discussed that. I mean, there are six men, some of them with their photographs, that have been redacted, and there's no explanation why those people were redacted."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California:
“We're seeing redacted versions. I thought we were supposed to see the unredacted versions, and that's because the documents produced to justice from the FBI, from other, from the grand jury, was redacted when they got it."
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5. UPSOUND (English) Reporter off camera:
"Can you share with us the name of the six men that you identified?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Thomas Massie, (R) Kentucky:
“I probably should do that from the floor or in a committee hearing."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California: ++CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS SHOT++
"And look, they should be releasing these documents. We have many avenues where we can compel that legally.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Thomas Massie, (R) Kentucky:
“Yeah, I would like to give the DOJ a chance to say they made a mistake and overredacted and let them unredact those men's names. That would probably be the best way to do it.”
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8. UPSOUND (English) Reporter off-camera:
"Are these men U.S. citizens? What fields do they work in? Are they finance? Is it political?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Thomas Massie, (R) Kentucky:
"At least one is a U.S. citizen. At least one is a foreigner, and the other three or four have names, I'm not sure if they're foreigner, U.S.”
UPSOUND (English) Reporter off-camera:
"And which field do they work in? Is it finance, banking, political?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Thomas Massie, (R) Kentucky:
“One is pretty high up in the foreign government.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California: ++CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS SHOT++
“And some are, they're one of the others as a pretty prominent individual. But I think that the point is that these six are just what we found in two hours of a review of the files that aren't redacted. The broader issue is why so many of the files that are getting are redacted in the first place.”
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California:
“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. But there are very powerful people who raped these underage girls. It wasn't just Epstein and Maxwell.”
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ro Khanna, (D) California:
“But for Thomas and me, it's never been about getting Donald Trump or getting Bill Clinton or scoring political points or trying to destroy people's reputations. It's about actually getting justice for these survivors.”
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