On House Floor, Ro Khanna Pushes, Reveals Six Names From Epstein Files

India-West News Desk

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), took to the House floor on February 10 to name six men he said were “likely incriminated” in the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files.

Khanna said he and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) reviewed unredacted Epstein files during a two hour visit to a Justice Department office. After examining the material, Massie described the six as “likely incriminated,” a characterization Khanna repeated on the House floor.

By making the disclosures on the House floor, Khanna is shielded from criminal liability and civil suits related to his remarks, The Hill pointed out. The Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause protects members of Congress from being questioned in court for statements made in the course of their legislative duties.

“Why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the Justice Department to get these six men’s identities to become public?” Khanna asked. “If we found six men they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many they are covering up for in those three million files.”

The comments come as the Justice Department faces criticism over how it handled redactions in the Epstein documents. In some instances, victims’ names were not fully concealed, while in others, identifying details of individuals who exchanged explicit communications with Epstein were shielded.

Khanna and Massie co-sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandates the public release of the files with only narrow redactions, primarily to protect victims’ identities.

Khanna emphasized that appearing in the files does not automatically establish guilt.

“None of this is designed to be a witch hunt,” he said. “Just because someone may be in the files doesn’t mean they’re guilty. But there were very powerful people involved, and it wasn’t just Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.”

Those he named: Former Victoria’s Secret CEO Leslie Wexner; Salvatore Nuara, a former NYPD contact from Epstein’s black book; Nicola Caputo a former European Parliament member; UAE’s Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of Dubai Ports World; Zurab Mikeladze and Leonic Leonov.