The Justice Department has been accused of improperly redacting the identities of the sex offender’s potential associates
A Democratic lawmaker publicly identified six men whose names were redacted from government documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, adding pressure on the Justice Department over transparency in the release of the files.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) read the names aloud on the House floor Tuesday after he and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) reviewed unredacted versions of the files at a Justice Department office earlier this week.
The six men named by Khanna are billionaire retail magnate Leslie “Les” Wexner; Emirati businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the CEO of DP World; and four others identified as Nicola Caputo, Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze and Leonic Leonov.
None of the men have been charged with crimes in connection with Epstein, and Khanna acknowledged that inclusion in the files does not itself establish guilt, despite insisting that the context of the records “likely incriminated” them.
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