Representatives Jamie Raskin, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna raise questions about why some of the contents of the files was redacted after visiting the Department of Justice to review the uncensored material

The remaining Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein include the revelation that one of the pedophile’s victims was just nine years old and that a senior official in a foreign government was allegedly involved in his sex trafficking network, lawmakers have said.

Democratic congressmen Jamie Raskin and Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie visited the DOJ on Monday to review the remaining files withheld from publication due to their sensitivity via a secure terminal.

As they emerged from the department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., the trio raised questions about why some of the material had been redacted by government lawyers.

“You read through these files, and you read about 15-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls,” Raskin said.

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    20 hours ago

    Not sure who OP is thinking but if you’ve been following UK politics at all I guess Lord Mandelson would be a candidate, though I don’t know if he’s really a big enough bombshell internationally.

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      19 hours ago

      They named the six already. Its not that these are the most important or even named more often than others, these are just six men whose name popped up in the two hours they took to review.

      This whole thing is a huge mess and thousands of investigations are needed IMO. Probably could keep the FBI busy for the next half decade investigating Epstein conspirators alone.