Epstein Files Update as Lawmakers Comment on Likely Co-Conspirators

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Feb 09, 2026 at 07:19 PM EST updated Feb 09, 2026 at 07:48 PM EST


Several lawmakers reviewed unredacted Jeffrey Epstein case files Monday at a Justice Department office in Washington, as members of Congress offered new public comments about individuals they say may have played roles in the sex trafficking scheme.

Under an agreement with the Justice Department, lawmakers were given limited access to more than 3 million pages of documents released to comply with a law passed by Congress last year. The files were made available in a secure reading room equipped with four computers. Lawmakers were allowed to take handwritten notes but could not bring staff members into the room.

Lawmakers React to Unredacted Epstein Files

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who sponsored the legislation requiring the files’ release, said he identified six men he described as “likely incriminated” after reviewing the unredacted documents. Massie called on the Justice Department to pursue accountability and said he could potentially name the individuals during a House floor speech, where lawmakers are shielded from civil lawsuits.

Democrats have also accused the department of withholding information that should have been made public, including details that could subject Epstein’s associates to further scrutiny. Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, also said they encountered files that remained partially redacted, which they attributed to redactions made earlier by the FBI. Khanna said the documents reinforce that Epstein did not act alone. “It wasn’t just Epstein and Maxwell,” he said, referring to Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/epstein-files-lawmakers-likely-co-conspirators-11493693

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Massie called on the Justice Department to pursue accountability and said he could potentially name the individuals during a House floor speech, where lawmakers are shielded from civil lawsuits.

[johnnyfins]

1. Operative word "could".

We'll see if anyone does read them on the house floor. MTG said she would and then bailed completely. Don't get me wrong, I understand they are being threatened, but that's what they signed up for.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "MTG said she would and then bailed completely."

She never got to see the completely unredacted versions of the files that Massie and Raskin just looked at, before she left.

[AllaN01Bear]

3. hedging language .

[thesquanderer]

8. I don't think House members "signed up" for being threatened.

Especially since many House members have been there for decades, and it was not generally a potentially dangerous vocation prior to Trump.

[johnnyfins]

9. That's fair. But there was always political

threats.

[Hugin]

4. I'm leery of this viewing arrangement by the department of spite...

Here’s why, I believe that they will claim that any future documents released by the Epstein/Trump truth movement were lifted during a viewing. Which, of course, will be a lie. Yet, it will be used as yet another distraction and delay of the file release as it is allegedly investigated.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. An alternate strategy might be

they "claim" they are going to "reopen the investigation" on some of the people mentioned and thus ALL of those associated files will be locked down again "pending investigation" (and then they never actually "investigate" ).

[Hugin]

7. Anything short of full compliance with the release law should be ignored...

And considered obstruction of justice.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. Now it's just a matter of time before it's leaked to the press.

Not necessarily by the lawmakers, but when more than one person knows a secret, it doesn't stay secret for long. Someone will do what they believe to be the decent and patriotic thing, and send it to The Times. There will will be an uproar from the administration as they demand the heads of the leakers, but it'll already be out there. This isn't like those top secret UFOs in Arizona, it's real and it's juicy.

tick tick tick

[Luciferous]

10. Don't threaten to do it, just do it!

[republianmushroom]

11. Though this file was to be open to the public

unredacted and the whole file not just the DOJ's piece meal parts.