{"id":2568560,"date":"2026-02-10T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khanna-reads-names-of-six-men-doj-redacted-in-epstein-files\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T03:54:57","slug":"khanna-reads-names-of-six-men-doj-redacted-in-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/khanna-reads-names-of-six-men-doj-redacted-in-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanna reads names of six men DOJ redacted in Epstein files"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkhanna-reads-names-of-six-men-doj-redacted-in-epstein-files%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2568560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Representative Ro Khanna read aloud six names that were redacted in the Department of Justice\u2019s publicly released Epstein files, saying they were hidden \u201cfor no apparent reason.\u201d Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie,the original sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency act,had visited the DOJ to view the unredacted files and urged that all non-victim names be unredacted. The six individuals named were Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, and Leslie wexner; Wexner, a former Victoria\u2019s Secret CEO, was subpoenaed by a House committee, and Sulayem was linked to Epstein in notes. Khanna and Massie argued for accountability and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">greater transparency<\/a> regarding \u201cthe Epstein class,\u201d criticizing the redactions and pressing for disclosure of identities. The story also notes that other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-other-leftists-distract-from-capitol-attack-by-focusing-on-gun-control-and-racism\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar, Other Leftists, Distract From Capitol Attack By Focusing On Gun Control And Racism\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-bucket-challenge-activist-dies-age-37\/\" title=\"Ice Bucket Challenge Activist Dies Age 37\">high-profile<\/a> figures<\/a>, such as Howard Lutnick, Elon Musk, and Steve Tisch, are mentioned in the Epstein files, and that there has been ongoing back-and-forth between lawmakers and the DOJ over redactions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Khanna reads names of six &lsquo;wealthy, powerful&rsquo; men DOJ redacted in Epstein files<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2501172\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ro-khanna\/\">Ro Khanna<\/a> (D-CA) read the names of six men redacted from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Department of Justice&rsquo;s <\/a>publicly released <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\">Epstein files<\/a>, telling the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\">House floor<\/a> that the names were &ldquo;[hidden] for no apparent reason.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Khanna and Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thomas-massie\/\">Thomas Massie<\/a> (R-KY), the original sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act,  visited the DOJ on Monday to view the unredacted version of the files related to convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>. Khanna said in a speech before the House floor on Tuesday that &ldquo;there were six wealthy, powerful men that the DOJ hid for no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >apparent reason&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the redacted version of the files.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4453558\/house-rule-vote-repeal-tariff-resolutions-ban\/\">House fails to extend ban on Trump tariff repeal votes in major blow to Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4453295\/steve-cohen-sharia-project-2025-judiciary-hearing\/\">House Democrat draws laughs by likening sharia to Project 2025 at judiciary hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4452844\/ice-leader-todd-lyons-declines-defend-kristi-noem-amid-calls-for-resignation\/\">ICE leader Todd Lyons declines to defend Kristi Noem amid calls for her resignation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;When Congressman Massie and I pointed this out to the Department of Justice, they acknowledged their mistake, and now they have revealed the identity of these six, powerful men,&rdquo; Khanna said. &ldquo;These men are Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of Dubai Ports World, and billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner, who was labeled as a co-conspirator by the FBI.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Khanna and Massie had mentioned <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4451951\/massie-khanna-doj-redacted-incriminated-names-epstein-files\/\">the six men<\/a> who were &ldquo;likely incriminated&rdquo; in the files on Monday. The two lawmakers have advocated that all non-victim names should be unredacted in the files.<\/p>\n<p>Massie and Deputy Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\">Todd Blanche<\/a> went <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4452272\/thomas-massie-todd-blanche-redactions-epstein-files-les-wexner\/\">back and forth on X<\/a> on Monday night over the redactions, with Blanche actively <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAGToddBlanche\/status\/2021046091169587574?s=20\">posting<\/a> updates of the DOJ un-redacting files and asserting, &ldquo;the DOJ is committed to transparency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of the six names Khanna discussed on Tuesday, Les Wexner and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem are the most high-profile. Wexner, the former CEO of Victoria&rsquo;s Secret and co-founder of Bath and Body Works, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/01232026subpoenatowexner.pdf\">subpoenaed<\/a> by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight-committee\/\">House oversight committee<\/a> in January over his ties to Epstein, with a deposition date of Feb. 18. Sulayem, an Emirati businessman, was allegedly the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAGToddBlanche\/status\/2021039636831781134?s=20\">recipient of an email<\/a> from Epstein saying he &ldquo;loved&rdquo; a &ldquo;torture video.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My question is, why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the Justice Department to get these six men&rsquo;s identities to become public? And if we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files,&rdquo; Khanna said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4451159\/trump-stands-by-howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-blowback\/\">WHITE HOUSE STANDS BY HOWARD LUTNICK AS EPSTEIN FILES FALLOUT GROWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khanna called for &ldquo;accountability for the Epstein class&rdquo; in his speech on the House floor. <\/p>\n<p>In the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4441860\/latest-epstein-trove-features-musk-lutnick-steve-tisch-correspondence\/\">recent release<\/a> of the Epstein files, several more high-profile names were mentioned, including Commerce Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/howard-lutnick\/\">Howard Lutnick<\/a>, Tesla CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a>, and New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Ro Khanna disclosed on the House floor the identities of six men who had been redacted in the DOJ\u2019s Epstein files, saying they were hidden without a clear reason. He and Rep. Thomas Massie, the bill\u2019s original sponsors, had visited the DOJ to view the unredacted materials. The six named are Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem (CEO of Dubai Ports World), and billionaire Leslie Wexner, who the FBI has described as a co-conspirator. Khanna noted that he and Massie had previously flagged these individuals as likely implicated and argued that all non-victim names should be unredacted. DOJ Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche engaged in a public exchange about transparency, posting updates about ongoing unredactions. In the broader Epstein-file releases, other high-profile names mentioned include Howard Lutnick, Elon Musk, and Steve Tisch. Khanna urged accountability for the \u201cEpstein class.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2568561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP24054551301307.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7076,9006,12748,9758,73534],"class_list":["post-2568560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doj","tag-epstein","tag-khanna","tag-redacted","tag-six-men"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP24054551301307.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568564,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568560\/revisions\/2568564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}