The Epstein files finally exposed what Washington elites desperately tried to keep buried.
Two brave Congressmen forced the Department of Justice to come clean after catching them red-handed.
And these lawmakers just revealed the one billionaire name DOJ tried hiding from the Epstein files.
Congressmen Catch DOJ Protecting Powerful Men
U.S. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) marched into the Department of Justice on Monday to review the unredacted Epstein files.
What they discovered left them furious.
The DOJ had redacted the names of at least six powerful men who were "likely incriminated by their inclusion in these files," Massie told reporters.
"It took some digging to find them."
The DOJ deliberately blacked out billionaire Les Wexner's name from FBI documents that labeled him a "co-conspirator" in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation.
Wexner built a retail empire that included Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, and Abercrombie & Fitch.
For nearly 20 years, Epstein served as Wexner's personal money manager and wielded extraordinary control over the billionaire's finances.
The FBI document from August 15, 2019 lists Wexner alongside Ghislaine Maxwell as co-conspirators in Epstein's criminal enterprise.
The DOJ tried to hide it from the American people.
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The Epstein-Wexner Connection Runs Deep
Wexner and Epstein's relationship began in the mid-1980s when they were introduced by a mutual friend.
The billionaire ignored warnings from his own financial advisor Harold Levin, who said after meeting Epstein: "I smell a rat. I don't trust him."
That warning proved prophetic.
Wexner granted Epstein power of attorney in 1991, giving him complete control over the billionaire's vast fortune.
Epstein used that position to acquire Wexner's Manhattan townhouse and private Boeing 727 at massive discounts.
He posed as a Victoria's Secret recruiter to lure young women, a tactic that multiple executives reported to Wexner in the mid-1990s.
Former Victoria's Secret model Alicia Arden filed a police report in 1997 after Epstein invited her to a hotel room under the guise of a Victoria's Secret audition and groped her.
The abuse continued for years while Wexner looked the other way.
Wexner claims he severed ties with Epstein in 2007 after the sex offender faced prostitution charges in Florida.
But records show Epstein's foundation donated $2.5 million from Wexner's charitable foundations to Ohio State University in mid-2007 for the Les Wexner Football Complex.
The relationship apparently continued long after Wexner publicly claimed it ended.
Deputy AG Forced To Unredact After Getting Caught
After Massie exposed the redactions on social media, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche scrambled to do damage control.
"We have just unredacted Les Wexner's name from this document," Blanche wrote on X.
He tried claiming the document contained "numerous victim names" to justify the redaction.
That excuse doesn't hold water.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Massie and Khanna authored, allows redactions only for victim identities and active criminal investigations.
Being labeled an FBI co-conspirator in a sex trafficking case doesn't qualify for protection.
Blanche accused Massie of "grandstanding" after the Congressman revealed the DOJ also redacted an email where Epstein told a Dubai sultan "I loved the torture video."
The DOJ eventually unredacted 16 additional names from a list of 20 individuals after sustained public pressure.
Two names remain blacked out, claiming they're victims.
Massie and Khanna aren't buying it.
Survivors Demand Accountability
Khanna took to the House floor on Tuesday to read the unredacted names aloud.
"Imagine how many men they are covering up for in those three million files," Khanna told his colleagues.
The California Democrat noted that even left-wing governments in Britain are holding powerful figures accountable for their Epstein connections.
King Charles III issued public statements addressing the royal family's connections to the convicted sex trafficker.
"Yet in our country we have not had that reckoning," Khanna stated from the House floor.
"People in power whether they're in government, whether they're in finance, whether they're in technology if they have been implicated in the files in morally embarrassing ways and in ways that shock the conscience, should be held accountable."
Democrat Rep. Jared Moskowitz emerged from reviewing the files calling the contents "disgusting."
"There are lots of names, lots of co-conspirators and they're trafficking girls all across the world," Moskowitz told reporters.
Being Named Co-Conspirator Carries Legal Weight
Federal conspiracy law operates under vicarious liability.
When the FBI labels someone a co-conspirator, prosecutors believe that person knowingly participated in an agreement to commit federal crimes.
Co-conspirators can be held legally responsible for all acts committed by other members of the conspiracy, even if they didn't directly participate.
The FBI doesn't casually attach "co-conspirator" labels to billionaires' names in internal documents.
They do it when evidence suggests knowing participation in criminal activity.
Wexner has never faced charges despite the FBI designation.
The Justice Department must explain why a man the FBI identified as Epstein's co-conspirator in 2019 never answered for his alleged role in one of the worst sex trafficking operations in American history.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace cut through the excuses with a simple question on X: "If Les Wexner is listed by the DOJ/FBI as a 'co-conspirator' in the Epstein files, why isn't he in jail?"
Nobody at the DOJ has provided an answer.
The Fight For Truth Continues
Attorney General Pam Bondi is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Lawmakers from both parties plan to demand answers about how the department handled the Epstein files.
Massie and Khanna discovered that many documents came to DOJ already redacted from the FBI and grand jury proceedings.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act specifically directs the FBI to produce unredacted documents.
That didn't happen.
"The documents produced to Justice from the FBI, from the grand jury, was redacted when they got it," Khanna explained.
Some files DOJ initially published were later taken down from the website entirely.
Those documents remain unavailable even to members of Congress reviewing the unredacted versions.
With only four computers available for review and 3.5 million pages of documents, Rep. Jamie Raskin calculated it would take lawmakers seven and a half years to read everything if all four stations were occupied every minute DOJ makes them available.
Massie isn't backing down.
"I think we need to give the DOJ a chance to go back through and correct their mistakes," he told reporters.
"They need to themselves check their own homework."
But if the DOJ doesn't comply, Massie made clear he's prepared to use the House floor to reveal every name the department tried to hide.
Khanna put it bluntly: "It's time to begin with accountability for the Epstein class. Investigate them, prosecute them and let's return to democratic accountability in the United States of America."
The American people deserve to know which powerful men the FBI identified as co-conspirators in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation.
They deserve to know why those men never faced justice.
And someone has to answer what the heck is up with all this “jerky” that is talked about in the Epstein files.
Sources:
- Andrew Rice, "FBI Named High Profile Man 'Co-Conspirator' to Epstein, Files Show," The Center Square, February 10, 2026.
- Lauren Fox and Zachary Cohen, "Thomas Massie, Ro Khanna suggest powerful men are being protected by over-redactions in Epstein files," CNN Politics, February 9, 2026.
- Katherine Fung, "DOJ unredacts more names from Jeffrey Epstein files after pressure," The Hill, February 10, 2026.
- Juliegrace Brufke and Aris Folley, "Massie, Khanna spotted six individuals 'likely incriminated' in unredacted Epstein files," The Hill, February 9, 2026.
- Ryan Lucas, "Justice Department releases names of 3 people the FBI once called Jeffrey Epstein 'co-conspirators'," NBC News, February 10, 2026.
- "Les Wexner," Wikipedia, February 11, 2026.
- Ronan Farrow, "New York Times details how Les Wexner met sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as he built wealth," WOSU Public Media, December 22, 2025.
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