List includes presidents, cultural icons, business leaders and government officials. Some people cited had well-documented relationships with Epstein, while others may not have personally interacted with the convicted sex offender.
The US Department of Justice sent to Congress, this Saturday, a list of “politically exposed people” in the millions of files released related to the
The six-page letter, a copy of which was obtained by CNN, includes the names of many prominent figures who appear in the files, regardless of context, and does not specify the degree of connection or contact these people had with Epstein. The letter is signed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and addressed to key members of the Congressional and Senate Judiciary Committees.
The Justice Department was required to release the list under the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress.
While some of the people on the list have well-documented ties to the convicted sex offender, others are not known to have personally interacted with Epstein. The list includes presidents, cultural icons, business leaders and government officials.
No one on the list, other than Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, has ever been charged with associated crimes.
The newly released list angered several members of Congress, including Representative Ro Khanna, who co-authored the law that forced the files’ release. Khanna charges that the Justice Department is “purposely confusing things about who the predator was and who was mentioned in an email.”
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, an outspoken ally of Epstein survivors, sharply criticized the Justice Department in a social media post published Saturday in which she alleges there are “names missing from the list released tonight.”
As in its previous letters to Congress, the Department of Justice lists reasons for censoring information in the files that go beyond what the law passed by Congress requires, including documents that show the deliberative process, professional secrecy, and attorney-client communications that would be protected by confidentiality.
