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Raskin said the files contained roughly 3,000 pages where survivors’ names were fully visible. The DOJ, he noted, has done precisely what the Epstein Files Transparency Act aimed to prevent — protecting perpetrators while retraumatizing survivors.
The documents are harrowing. Raskin described reading accounts of girls as young as 9 years old: “You read through these files, and you read about 15-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls. I saw a mention of a 9-year-old girl today. I mean, this is just preposterous and scandalous.”
Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes weren’t limited to teenagers. The files reveal he exploited children who hadn’t even reached double digits. And yet, the DOJ seems more concerned with shielding powerful figures than giving Americans transparency.
Massie and Khanna spent only two hours reviewing the millions of pages and already identified six protected names. “These six are just what we found in two hours of a review of the files,” Khanna explained. This raises the question: how many more names remain hidden in the remaining documents?
The lawmakers also documented apparent violations of the transparency law. Massie posted a heavily redacted document on social media, showing 18 blacked-out sections — including four redactions involving men born before 1970. The DOJ claimed only victim names and law enforcement personnel were redacted. Khanna disagreed: “They have been protecting some of these men. Maybe it was not intentional, but the law is very clear. They need to comply with the law.”
Even the so-called unredacted files at DOJ headquarters were partially censored, with FBI and grand jury materials arriving already blacked out. “I thought we were supposed to see the unredacted versions,” Khanna told reporters. The Epstein Files Transparency Act explicitly requires full disclosure.
Massie and Khanna requested a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to address redacted emails, including one from 2014 stating: “Thank you for a fun night… Your littlest girl was a little naughty.” Massie confirmed the sender was a woman, raising questions about why her name was hidden if she was potentially recruiting girls for Epstein.
Accountability for the elite remains elusive. Ghislaine Maxwell, who could name key accomplices, appeared before Congress on the same day but invoked her Fifth Amendment rights, refusing to answer any questions. Representative Robert Garcia remarked: “After months of defying our subpoena, Ghislaine Maxwell finally appeared before the Oversight Committee and said nothing.”
President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law on November 19, 2025, giving the DOJ 30 days to release all materials. The DOJ missed that deadline and delivered heavily redacted documents that fail to meet the law’s requirements. Deputy Attorney General Blanche insists 3.5 million pages were released, but 6 million are potentially responsive. Where are the remaining 2.5 million?
Massie warned the DOJ to “correct their mistakes” but isn’t ruling out revealing the protected names on the House floor, citing the Speech and Debate Clause for legal immunity. Khanna summarized the public’s frustration: “Who are the rich and powerful people who went to this island? Did they rape underage girls? Did they know that underage girls were being paraded around?”
The DOJ has those answers. Americans are demanding transparency. Yet, powerful men remain protected behind black boxes while survivors are laid bare in official documents.
