http://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/02/14/ro-khanna-took-to-house-floor-to-expose-names-redacted-from-epstein-files-blames-doj-for-the-backfire-n2425009
Ah, yes ... Democrats are sleazy slanderers and liars ... BUT, it's NOT their fault ... they were born that way ... because of Republicans or something.
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna is determined to get to the bottom of all the names in the Epstein files and is among those who seems to believe that just the appearance names implies people are complicit in the crimes. As a result, Khanna insisted the Justice Department unredact some names:
Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) ~ @RepThomasMassie and I forced last night the DOJ to disclose the identities of 6 men:
Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner.
I share details of what more we learned to hold the Epstein class accountable.
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/2021266289910563273
Khanna then read some of the names aloud on the House floor, where of course members of Congress have absolute immunity:
Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) ~ The DOJ agreed that none of these six men should have been redacted. Too many rich and powerful men have been protected like Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Les Wexner, and many others. The other men I mentioned should not have been redacted, and, while there is speculation, we do not know who they are or their background. But there should be transparency, not redactions except to protect survivors.
Four of the formerly redacted names that Khanna revealed on the House floor were not even connected to Epstein's crimes, so the Dem Rep got a little ahead of himself on this one. Oh, and Khanna knows who's to blame, and it's NOT him (we'll get to that in a second):
Ro Khanna, a California Democratic representative, read a list of six names on the House floor earlier this week and said they were “wealthy, powerful men that the DoJ hid” in the recently released files related to Jeffery Epstein. After questions from the Guardian, the Department of Justice said that four of the men Khanna named have no apparent connection to Epstein whatsoever, but rather appeared in a photo lineup assembled by the southern district of New York (SDNY).
Khanna, along with Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican representative, pushed the justice department to unredact names in the files, arguing that some names were being unlawfully redacted.
So, in actual, undeniable FACT, these mens' names were NOT unlawfully redacted ... they were being redacted via something known as COMMON SENSE AND DECENCY - because they had absolutely nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. But, of course, THAT did not prevent Ro Khanna from slandering them from the House floor.
And you know what, Ro? If you truly wanted to highlight scumbags who absolutely were connected to Jeffrey Epstain, why didn't you mention Former POTUS Billy Jeff Clinton and Obama White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler, eh?
"Accuse and slander first, ask questions later" was again the order of the day.
Khanna acknowledged that those four people are not connected to Epstein's crimes, but he blames -- you guessed it -- the Justice Department:
Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) ~ I appreciate
@JSweetLI’s reporting confirming today that Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonid Leonov, and Nicola Caputo were just part of a photo line up and are not connected to Epstein's crimes.
I wish DOJ had provided that explanation earlier instead of redacting then unredacting their names. They have failed to protect survivors, created confusion for innocent men, and have protected rich and powerful abusers.
We must have full transparency and the truth.
Ah, you pompous pussified liar ... if full transparency on the Epstein saga was SOOOOO important to you, then why did you do absolutely nothing about it from late January 2021 through late January 2025? Huh? Why is that, Ro???
Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) ~ How embarrassing for Ro Khanna. It's somehow even worse than when Jasmine Crockett falsely claimed Lee Zeldin and other Republicans got campaign donations from *the* Jeffrey Epstein.
Yeah ... it seems that this donor was someone else with the name "Jeffrey Epstein." But, where Ro Khanna or Jasmine Crockett are concerned, they can't allow the truth to get in the way of a "good" slander, don'tcha know.
But he's sorry about it ... sort of:
Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) ~ "After I mistakenly tied 4 men to Epstein's crimes, I regret the error."
The Justice Department redacted the names for apparent good reason, Khanna revealed them anyway, and he's still trying to make the DOJ out to be the problem here?
Michael Algarin (@michaelralgarin) ~ So, the DOJ was right to keep their names redacted since they have nothing to do with the abuse of girls.
Micah Spence (@micahspence) ~ “See what you made me do ...”
Soren Dayton (@sorendayton) ~ I don’t think you can blame others for this one. Just plain irresponsible.
And yet he'll just try and keep blaming others.
Because Ro Khanna is a Democrat - he has absolutely no sense of personal responsibility and shame.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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