<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two members of Congress have named six men whose names were redacted by the Department of Justice from the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-told-police-in-mid-2000s-everyone-has-known-about-epsteins-misconduct/bac5dfc1-d0d4-4c62-9504-86d8bc92e0b8" rel="" target="" title="Epstein files"><span>Epstein files</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jeffrey-epstein-survivors-say-file-release-fails-to-protect-identity-of-victims/99f203c0-f3ac-4718-a99b-7bc5217bfb63" rel="" target="" title="Democrat Ro Khanna"><span>Democrat Ro Khanna</span></a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-rob-reiner-mocking-truth-social-post-us-politics-son-charged-latest-updates/a8bc77ab-2e3e-49ff-8e91-69d1c6c26c86" rel="" target="" title="Republican Thomas Massie"><span>Republican Thomas Massie</span></a><span> used their parliamentary privilege to name the men on the floor of the House of Representatives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Seventy to eighty per cent of the files are still redacted," Khanna said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-told-police-in-mid-2000s-everyone-has-known-about-epsteins-misconduct/bac5dfc1-d0d4-4c62-9504-86d8bc92e0b8"><strong><span>Trump told police in mid-2000s 'everyone has known' about Epstein</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There were six wealthy powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The list includes two billionaires and a European politician - or someone with the same name.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nobody on the list has been charged in connection with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/six-names-in-epstein-files-redacted-sultan-ro-khanna-thomas-massie-usa-news/5dca7843-114e-4188-89da-dbb1f291b6fa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The legislation passed late last year required the Department of Justice to release all the files connected to their investigation of Epstein.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The department was permitted to redact the names of victims.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the millions of documents released have also redacted the names of countless other people - including some seemingly connected to serious crimes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-clemency-testimony-congress-howard-lutnick-usa-politics-news/d2e0f01b-45e5-48b4-a22e-4b832c8dc95f"><strong><span>Ghislaine Maxwell offers to exonerate Trump if she's let out of prison</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The department redacted the name and address of the sender of one alarming email.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Where are you? Are you ok, I loved the torture video," the email to Epstein read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Massie identified the sender of the email as a sultan.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Massie and Khanna were able to go to the department yesterday to read unredacted files from the investigation for two hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-files-testify-congress-house-oversight-usa-news/759f2255-ba69-4397-82c3-ab8af43d5bb2"><strong><span>Clintons make a deal that could keep them out of prison</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If we found six men they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men there are covering up for in those three million files?" Khanna said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"</span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s FBI scrubbed these files in March, long before Thomas Massie and I passed the Epstein Transparency Act."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Khanna decried the actions preventing information about apparent perpetrators becoming known.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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 underaged girls being paraded - they're all hidden," Khanna said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Who are they protecting? Why are they protecting these rich and powerful men?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/this-job-sucks-trump-administration-lawyer-tells-court-julie-le-minnesota-usa-news/67f0feaa-9b06-414e-82ee-3995aff1cf98" target="" title="'This job sucks': Trump administration lawyer opens up in court"><strong><span>'This job sucks': Trump administration lawyer opens up in court</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, the Department of Justice is answering questions about why a statement about </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-dead-report/0e352e31-c5c7-45ff-8522-f0bfd88be448" rel="" target="" title="Jeffrey Epstein's death"><span>Jeffrey Epstein's death</span></a><span> was dated the day before his apparent suicide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The press release was dated August 9, 2019, when </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-dead-report/0e352e31-c5c7-45ff-8522-f0bfd88be448" rel="" target="" title="Epstein died on August 10"><span>Epstein died on August 10</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was subsequently released in the Epstein files release.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The department told the BBC the date was merely a typo.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>