‘DOJ is hiding nothing’
Initially, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – who engaged in an online battle with Massie, argued that “the document you cite has numerous victim names.”
He added, “We have just unredacted all non-victim names from this document. The DOJ is committed to transparency.”
In a separate tweet, he insisted that the “DOJ is hiding nothing.”
Confirmed names in unredacted files
Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate and publicly known co-conspirator, is the only person criminally charged in connection with Epstein’s trafficking operation. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in recruiting and grooming underage girls.
NBC reports that the updated 2019 document reveals several people identified by the FBI as alleged conspirators, four – including Maxwell – that are now fully unredacted.
Billionaire businessman Les Wexner, the former CEO of Victoria’s Secret
Wexner’s ties to Epstein dated back to the 1980s, when he used the late financier to manage his finances. The 88-year-old executive claimed he cut off the relationship after allegations of abuse surfaced in Florida. After the ties were allegedly severed, Exner wrote in a letter to his Wexner Foundation that it was “discovered that [Epstein] had misappropriated vast sums of money from me and my family.”
“I never would have imagined that a person I employed more than a decade ago could have caused so much pain. I condemn his abhorrent behavior in the strongest possible terms and am sickened by the revelations,” Wexner, who co-founded Bath and Body Works, explained in the 2019 note.
In a statement to NBC, Wexner’s legal representative said: “The Assistant U.S. Attorney told Mr. Wexner’s legal counsel in 2019 that Mr. Wexner was neither a co-conspirator nor target in any respect. Mr. Wexner cooperated fully by providing background information on Epstein and was never contacted again.”
Lesley Groff, Epstein’s decades-long executive assistant at Palm Beach residence
Groff, considered one of Epstein’s “gatekeepers,” denied knowing that her boss was involved in criminal activities.
But, The Palm Beach Post reports that three victims accused Groff of facilitating the abuse in lawsuits that were later dropped once they received compensation from the sale of Epstein’s estate.
And in a 2005 New York Times article, the convicted pedophile referred to his team of assistants as his “social prosthesis.”
“They are an extension of my brain,” Epstein told the outlet. “Their intuition is something that I don’t have.”
Gushing over her boss, Groff added: “It comes down to the bond. I know what he is thinking and I know when I need to be fast. It’s a nice roll we are on.”
Since she’s facing renewed scrutiny, her attorney, Michael Bachner, said that “neither Lesley nor her counsel were ever notified by law enforcement that she was considered an Epstein co-conspirator. On the contrary, after Lesley voluntarily spoke with prosecutors, and answered each and every question asked of her, she was told that she was not being prosecuted.”
Jean-Luc Brunel, the late French modeling agent
Brunel, also identified in the document as a co-conspirator, was arrested on charges that included the alleged rape of a minor. In 2022, while awaiting trial, he was found dead in his prison cell, with authorities later ruling the death a suicide by hanging.
Brunel had consistently denied the accusations, and his lawyers said at the time that his death stemmed from a profound “sense of injustice,” not from any admission of guilt.
Torture video
Perhaps the most explosive revelation involves an email, written by Epstein to a redacted person on April 25, 2009.
“A Sultan seems to have sent this. DOJ should make this public,” Massie shared on X alongside an image of a disturbing email, where Epstein wrote: “Where are you? Are you ok I loved the torture video.”
Blanche replied: “You looked at the document. You know it’s an email address that was redacted. The law requires redactions for personally identifiable information, including if in an email address. And you know that the Sultan’s name is available unredacted in the files.”
“Our law requires VICTIM’s information to be redacted, not information of men who sent Epstein torture porn!” Massie snapped in a follow-up tweet.
The sultan’s name was later revealed to be Ahmed bin Sulayem, the Emirati businessman and CEO of DP World.
It remains unclear what “torture video” Epstein was referencing.
According to reports, there are still four key players whose names are still redacted in the documents.
As lawmakers continue pressing for full transparency, the public may soon learn even more about the powerful figures who once moved in Epstein’s orbit.
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