Lawmakers Don't Rule Out Exposing Redacted Names

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Lawmakers Don’t Rule Out Exposing Redacted Names

February 9, 2026 at 7:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/09/lawmakers-dont-rule-out-exposing-redacted-names/

“Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie are challenging the Justice Department for redacting the names of six men in the publicly released materials related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — and they could take matters into their own hands to reveal their identities,” Politico reports.

Axios: Epstein file review yields 6 new “likely incriminated” men.

[senseandsensibility]

1. Just saw Melanie Sansbury (sp) on MSNOW

and she said she would reveal them.

[Deuxcents]

2. Just do it. Lets not wait another 25 years for justice

[Ilikepurple]

7. I'm not sure what they are jockeying for here by waiting?

There are obviously complex legal questions here, but let us know what considerations are holding you back. The cynic in me says six is an awful standard number. I guess so is 5 or 10 or 12, but I hope they aren’t just negotiating who the lucky six will be. Sexual predators are not known for self correcting their behaviors, so many involved are likely to be involved with some other trafficking scenario. I know it’s somewhat simple minded to compare this with a fictional narrative. But, if I was watching a movie where after 25 years of horrors and coverups transparency emerged and multiple represtaives came out and said “if the questionable Justice Department does not comply with the law and release the names of the implicated we now know, we might have to do so ourselves”, my face would hit my palm and wonder how much longer the movie is going to be. Or even worse, is this one of those movies where the lesson is more about the inevitability of corruption rather than justice? I’m still hopeful, but now that we have a better understanding of the scope of Epstein’s operations, the paucity of leaks over the years challenges my faith.

[Deuxcents]

8. I don't know what they're jockeying for either but it's time to stop walking on eggshells. Just do it.

[Skittles]

3. I hope those perverts are SHITTING BRICKS

I HOPE THEY ALL ARE

[Lulu KC]

4. Bring it!

[Disaffected]

5. I still find it bizarre

that these names had not been revealed or leaked long before now.

[2naSalit]

6. JUST FUCKING DO IT!!

[Wiz Imp]

9. There is no excuse for not releasing as many names as they can at this point.

[DET]

10. Just Six?

There have to be a lot more than that in those files. We deserve to know who they are and they deserve to be tried.

[Buddyzbuddy]

11. It would be better for the DOJ

And Congress if the DOJ did the right thing on their own rather than Congress doing it for them. If Congress does it, we might get 10 names but if DOJ does it we could see hundreds of names. DOJ is dragging their feet and illegally redacting information BUT, they could still do the RIGHT thing.