{"id":66009,"date":"2026-02-11T07:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/congressmen-name-six-wealthy-men-likely-incriminated-in-epstein-files-first-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:55:47","slug":"congressmen-name-six-wealthy-men-likely-incriminated-in-epstein-files-first-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/congressmen-name-six-wealthy-men-likely-incriminated-in-epstein-files-first-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressmen name six wealthy men \u2018likely incriminated\u2019 in Epstein files | First Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie reveal names they say DoJ redacted \u2018for no apparent reason\u2019. Plus, at least 10 dead, including suspect, after school shooting in Canada<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\"><strong>Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic congressman Ro Khanna said on Tuesday that he and his Republican colleague Thomas Massie had forced the justice department to disclose the \u201chidden\u201d names of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/10\/thomas-massie-epstein-files-redacted-names\">six wealthy men they say are \u201clikely incriminated\u201d<\/a> by their inclusion in the Jeffrey Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are the six<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong> Congressman Ro Khanna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/10\/six-men-epstein-files-unredacted\">named<\/a>: Leslie Wexner, the Victoria\u2019s Secret founder; Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World and an Emirati billionaire businessman; and four others identified as Nicola Caputo, Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze and Leonic Leonov.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did Khanna say?<\/strong> \u201cWhy did it take Thomas Massie and me going to the justice department to get these six men\u2019s identities to become public? If we found six men they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3m files,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has the prime minister, Mark Carney, said?<\/strong> Carney said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the shootings. \u201cI join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/11\/first-thing-congressmen-name-six-wealthy-men-likely-incriminated-in-epstein-files\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie reveal names they say DoJ redacted \u2018for no apparent reason\u2019. Plus, at least 10 dead, including suspect, after school shooting in Canada Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? 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