{"id":2570003,"date":"2026-02-14T12:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoops-four-names-from-epstein-files-unredacted-by-khanna-massie-just-random-men-in-police-lineup-with-him\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:49:48","slug":"whoops-four-names-from-epstein-files-unredacted-by-khanna-massie-just-random-men-in-police-lineup-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoops-four-names-from-epstein-files-unredacted-by-khanna-massie-just-random-men-in-police-lineup-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoops: Four Names from Epstein Files Unredacted by Khanna, Massie Just Random Men in Police Lineup with Him"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fwhoops-four-names-from-epstein-files-unredacted-by-khanna-massie-just-random-men-in-police-lineup-with-him%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=2570003&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>The article describes a Capitol Hill confrontation around the Epstein documents involving Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.After viewing the unredacted files at the Department of Justice, they announced on the House floor that six redacted names appeared too be implicated in how the files were presented, and Khanna read the names into the Congressional Record, invoking the Speech or Debate Clause to un-redact them publicly.<\/p>\n<p>The piece explains that, according to the Justice Department, four of the six individuals were random people pulled into a police photo lineup and had no known ties to Epstein. Only two names were suggested to have real connections: Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem and Leslie Wexner, with the others appearing to have little or no incriminating link. The Guardian and others criticized the situation, noting the unmasking might have harmed innocent people and was driven by political optics rather than clear evidence. The article portrays Khanna and Massie as having pressured the DOJ to release the documents by an unrealistic deadline, then reacting defensively when the public consequences became apparent, arguing that their actions exposed unrelated individuals to threats and misinformation.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California and renegade GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rosie-odonnell-make-a-fool-of-herself-on-irish-television\/\" title=\"Watch Rosie O&#039;Donnell Make a Fool of Herself on Irish Television\">media briefing earlier<\/a> this week on Capitol Hill, they were unambiguous:<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;d seen names in the unredacted version of the Jeffrey Epstein documents that were clearly involved in untoward activity as they saw it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We found six men whose names have been redacted who are implicated in the way the files are presented,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/lawmakers-6-more-suspected-accomplices-135423902.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massie said<\/a> after the two viewed the documents at the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna read them aloud on the House floor after viewing the documents, entering the six names into the Congressional Record and unredacting them thanks to the broad protections offered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/artI-S6-C1-3-1\/ALDE_00013300\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech or Debate Clause<\/a> of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the Justice Department to get these six men&rsquo;s identities to become public?&rdquo; Khanna asked during his remarks on the House floor, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/10\/congress\/ro-khanna-names-names-00774551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>. &ldquo;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;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dagtoddblanche\/status\/2022405692926366034?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Department<\/a>, four of the men were just randomly pulled in by police to appear in a photo lineup with Epstein. Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>And, according to Khanna, that&rsquo;s the DOJ&rsquo;s fault; the California Democrat is offering up the political version of the &ldquo;why did your face get in the way of my fist?&rdquo; excuse to explain why he made an unforced error.<\/p>\n<p>Massie is looking even more sloppy, implying but not explicitly stating that he doesn&rsquo;t seem to have checked the date of birth of one of the innocent men against the date of birth of a member of the European Parliament from Italy, which seems to negate his claim that one of the individuals was &ldquo;pretty high up&rdquo; in a foreign government.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/13\/four-men-unredacted-epstein-files-no-ties-ro-khanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Guardian<\/a> noted, only two of the six names had any real incriminating ties with Epstein, and only one was an especially new name: Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, an Emirati billionaire, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ceo-resigns-disturbing-jeffrey-epstein--comes-light-loved-torture-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who resigned<\/a> as CEO of UAE-based logistics company DP World after he was named in connection with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The other, retail billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-rules-150-names-will-remain-anonymous-epstein-list-appeals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leslie Wexner<\/a>, has long faced questions about his ties with Epstein, given that he seems to be how Epstein made most of his money and got his entr&eacute;e into elite society. He was never charged with a crime, although one would assume his name appeared, redacted, <em>somewhere<\/em> in the documents, and likely in more than one somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The other names were Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, and Nicola Caputo.<\/p>\n<p>And they have nothing to do with the Epstein affair.<\/p>\n<p>As the Guardian reported: &ldquo;A spokesperson from the office of Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told the Guardian the file was a photo lineup used for investigative purposes by the [Southern District of New York].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rep Ro Khanna and Rep Thomas Massie forced the unmasking of completely random people selected years ago for an FBI lineup &ndash; men and women. These individuals have NOTHING to do with Epstein or Maxwell,&rdquo; the representative said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, how &rsquo;bout that? It&rsquo;s almost like reading redacted names on the House floor was profoundly irresponsible! But that&rsquo;s the DOJ&rsquo;s fault, according to Khanna:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I appreciate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSweetLI?\">@JSweetLI<\/a>&rsquo;s reporting confirming today that Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonid Leonov, and Nicola Caputo were just part of a photo line up and are not connected to Epstein&rsquo;s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>I wish DOJ had provided that explanation earlier instead of redacting then&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRoKhanna\/status\/2022400471798026733?\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, sorry your good names were in the way of my photo op, Messrs. Nuara, Mikeladze, Leonov, and Caputo!<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also worth noting that unless you want to count Sulayem&rsquo;s family&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirks-death-exposes-the-weakness-of-the-american-church\/\" title=\"Kirk\u2019s Death Exposes The Weakness Of The American Church\">political connections &#038;mdash<\/a>; he himself is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/constitution-day-reminds-us-equality-under-the-law-is-fading\/\" title=\"Constitution Day Reminds Us Equality Under The Law Is Fading\">private sector &#038;mdash<\/a>; none of these individuals were &ldquo;pretty high up&rdquo; in foreign powers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-unredacts-alleged-epstein-co-conspirators-pressure-thomas-massie-ro-khanna\/\">Massie<\/a> himself seems to have indicated that he may have gotten it mixed up:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have good reason to believe the Nicola Caputo in EFTA00077895 is NOT the same Nicola Caputo who served as a Member of European Parliament from Italy,&rdquo; Massie said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The redacted year of birth for the man in the Epstein files indicates he is more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/molly-ringwald-explains-why-she-turned-down-lead-role-in-pretty-woman\/\" title=\"Molly Ringwald Explains Why She Turned Down Lead Role In \u2018Pretty Woman\u2019\">ten years older<\/a> than the former MEP.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Inevitably, people who are not in the Epstein files will  names with people who are in the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>I have good reason to believe the Nicola Caputo in EFTA00077895 is NOT the same Nicola Caputo who served as a Member of European Parliament from Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The redacted&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/2022077113663205868?\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nuarte told the Guardian he called Khanna&rsquo;s office after the names were mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if they know what they are doing over there at the Justice Department,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But how can I clear my name?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You can&rsquo;t, really &mdash; not any more. It&rsquo;s out in the public domain as being &ldquo;implicated in the way the files are presented,&rdquo; as per an attention-hungry congressman. He wasn&rsquo;t going to let the facts get in his way.<\/p>\n<p>For a self-proclaimed libertarian, Massie is apparently plenty happy to sic the dogs of government on some poor sap from Queens, New York, just because he was in a police lineup with Epstein.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Massie: &ldquo;We found six men whose names have been redacted who are implicated in the way the files are presented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Four of them were <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >totally random people selected years ago<\/a> for an FBI lineup with no connection to Epstein&rsquo;s crimes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/upSpLpYR96\">https:\/\/t.co\/upSpLpYR96<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLESyzfaLv\">pic.twitter.com\/dLESyzfaLv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/2022423622439293062?\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Remember, this is on Congress &mdash; mostly its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worst-candidate-possible-jasmine-crockett-excoriated-embarrassing-jeffrey-epstein-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic members<\/a>, but with the odd Republican like Massie thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>They pushed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tried-protect-nearly-100-victims-beg-judges-take-epstein-docs-offline-lives-wrecked-dems-fast-track-publication-demands\/\">this document dump<\/a> through, pushed the DOJ to get these documents out the door by an unrealistic date, pushed for fewer redactions, and were shocked &mdash; shocked! &mdash; that innocent people somehow got tarred and feathered. So naturally, who&rsquo;s to blame for all this? Donald Trump&rsquo;s DOJ. Not them. They just want to get at the truth.<\/p>\n<p>And when the truth is that they just exposed totally innocent people to death threats and conspiracy theories &hellip; well, sorry about that, but it&rsquo;s not <em>their fault<\/em>. They&rsquo;ll hog all of the spotlight they can while taking none of the blame that should accompany it.<\/p>\n<p>Even by the low standards of Washington, D.C., this is particularly disgusting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky said they had seen unredacted Jeffrey Epstein documents that, in their view, clearly showed certain individuals were involved in improper activity. Massie claimed they found six names that had been redacted but appeared to be implicated in how the files were presented. Khanna read those names aloud on the House floor after seeing the materials at the Justice Department and used that to question why it took a trip to the DOJ for those identities to become public, arguing that if six names surfaced in two hours, there could be many more in the three million files.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the Justice Department said that four of the six individuals had simply been random people pulled into a photo lineup with Epstein, not people connected to Epstein\u2019s crimes. Khanna, meanwhile, faulted the redactions and the pace of unmasking, and Massie suggested there may have been a mix-up about at least one person\u2019s birth year when comparing him to a European Parliament member from Italy, which weakened the claim that one individual was \u201chigh up\u201d in a foreign government. The Guardian noted that only two of the six names had meaningful ties to Epstein; among the others was Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, an Emirati billionaire who resigned as CEO of DP World after being named in Epstein-related matters, and Leslie Wexner, the billionaire whose ties to Epstein have long attracted scrutiny, though Wexner himself was never charged. The remaining names\u2014Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, and Nicola Caputo\u2014had no evident connection to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general\u2019s office, told the Guardian that the document in question was a photo lineup used for investigative purposes by the Southern District of New York and that Khanna and Massie had pushed to unmask people who were unrelated to Epstein. Khanna later acknowledged, in a social-media post, that Nuara, Mikeladze, Leonid Leonov, and Caputo were not connected to Epstein, and he criticized the DOJ for redacting and releasing the information in a way that led to confusion. Massie also appeared to backtrack somewhat, indicating he may have mistaken Nicola Caputo\u2019s birth year and thus his supposed link to a former Italian MEP.<\/p>\n<p>One of the men named, Nuara, told the Guardian he had contacted Khanna\u2019s office after his name was mentioned, asking how he could clear his name. He suggested that once a name is publicly linked to a case, clearing it becomes nearly impossible. The piece argues that in politics, people will try to connect unrelated names to Epstein, and that Khanna and Massie leveraged the situation to demand transparency even as several innocent people were ensnared in the discussion. 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