New horrific findings revealed as Epstein's redacted files viewed by Congress

Warning: This article contains discussion of child abuse which some readers may find distressing

Shocking information previously redacted in the Epstein files has been revealed to the public by US lawmakers.

Last month, the US Department of Justice released 3.5 million further documents relating to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in its third drop of files following the Transparency Act passed last November.

However, all three releases were met with heavy criticism due to heavy redactions.

In a bid to fight back on the redactions, two representatives from the Republican and Democratic parties have now shared horrifying new details which had previously been withheld from the public.

During a bipartisan press conference held yesterday (9 February) by Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, urged the DoJ to 'correct their mistakes' over the redactions.

Information revealed to reporters by the pair includes claims that six men, one of whom is high up in a foreign government, are 'likely incriminated by their inclusion in these files', according to Massie (via The Telegraph), who has since shared several examples of redacted files on his X account.

Meanwhile, Khanna added that there is 'no explanation why those people were redacted'. The men added that one of the other unnamed individuals is a 'pretty prominent individual'.

The press conference followed members of Congress being allowed to view the unedited documents for the first time.

Representative Jamie Raskin was also able to gain access to the files, revealing that previously unreported victims - some as young as nine-years-old - were included in the documents.

"You read through these files, and you read about 15-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls. I saw a mention of a 9-year-old girl today. I mean, this is just preposterous and scandalous," Raskin said of the information he read.

Why were redactions made to the Epstein files?

Several redactions were made to the files prior to publication in order to protect victims and minors, as well as some witnesses.

Images, videos and information depicting abuse, injury or death were also removed before the files were released to the public.

However, Congress hearings for the Transparency Act stated the 'Attorney General may not withhold from publication, delay the publication of, or redact any record, document, communication, or investigative material on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary' (per Congress).

"I saw the names of lots of people who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reasons," Raskin added.

"There are certainly lots of names of other people who were enablers and cooperators with Jeffrey Epstein that were just blanked out for no apparent reason."