Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) revealed the names of six men found in the Epstein files during his remarks from the House floor on Tuesday.
The California Democrat said he and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) had reviewed materials connected to the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his high-profile sex trafficking scandal involving global elites and underage girls.
“Yesterday, Congressman Massie and I went to the Department of Justice to read the unredacted Epstein files. We spent about two hours there, and we learned that 70 to 80% of the files are still redacted. In fact, there were six wealthy, powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason,” Khanna stated. “When Congressman Massie and I pointed this out to the DOJ, they acknowledged their mistake, and now they have revealed the identity of these six powerful men.”
Khanna then read aloud the names of these six individuals: Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, and Leslie Wexner.
Khanna noted that Wexner, the former head of Limited Brands, had been described as a “co-conspirator” by the FBI in connection with the case. Also notably, Emirati businessman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was identified as the recipient of the “torture video” email from Epstein.
Khanna Demands Accountability For The Epstein Class
After revealing the names, Khanna then asked, “Now my question is, why did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the Justice Department to get these six men’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 three million files.”
“But the story gets worse,” Khanna added. “The reality is that Donald Trump’s FBI scrubbed these files in March, long before Thomas Massie and I passed the Epstein Transparency Act.”
“Now my bill is clear,” Khanna continued. “The Epstein Transparency Act requires them to unredact those FBI files. And yet the Justice Department said to me and to Congressman Massie, ‘We just uploaded whatever the FBI sent us.’ And guess what? The FBI sent scrubbed files. That means the survivors’ statement to the FBI, naming rich and powerful men who went to Epstein’s Island, who went to his ranch, who went to his home and raped and abused underage girls or saw underage girls being paraded—they were all hidden. They were all redacted. It’s a little bit of a farce.”
Khanna concluded: “It’s time to begin with accountability for the Epstein class. Hold them in front of Congress, those people who visited the island or did business with Epstein after he was a convicted pedophile. Investigate them, prosecute them, and let’s return to democratic accountability in the United States of America. Let’s return to one system of justice in the United States of America. Let’s return to a place where every American has a stake in this country.”
Khanna’s speech on the House floor provides him a degree of protection in the event that any of the named six men pursue legal action. The Speech and Debate Clause of the Constitution protects members of Congress from being punished or questioned for their legislative activities, including controversial speeches on the House floor.
