One of Jeffrey Epstein’s youngest victims was just 9 years of age, lawmakers revealed after viewing the Justice Department’s cache of unredacted investigative files.
The sick disclosure came after Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md) and several others spent hours inspecting the trove of documents on Monday as lawmakers try to investigate how the well-connected financier was able to sexually abuse underage girls for years.
“You read through these files, and you read about 15-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls,” Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told reporters.
“I saw a mention of a 9-year-old girl today. I mean, this is just preposterous and scandalous.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Thomas Massie — a Kentucky Republican who sponsored the legislation to force the release of the files — added that he had seen a reference to a “senior foreign government official” who was apparently embroiled in the convicted pedophile’s circle.
He added, too, that he’d come across the names of six men that had been redacted in the release files “that are likely incriminated by their inclusion.”
Massie, who called on the DOJ to pursue accountability for the men, also didn’t rule out that he would expose them himself by naming the men in a House floor speech — where his actions would be constitutionally protected from lawsuits.
It comes after multiple redactions were lifted late Monday after Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) accused the Justice Department of improperly blacking out names of possible co-conspirators follow their review.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later said one document referenced by the lawmakers had included numerous victim names.
“We have just unredacted all non-victim names from this document. The DOJ is committed to transparency,” Blanche wrote on X.
Democrats have long argued that DOJ officials redacted information that should have been made public as they continue the hunt for anyone who was connected to Epstein and may have facilitated his abuse.
