"Four days after releasing the names of six men he uncovered in the Epstein files without citing evidence of any wrongdoing by them, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna acknowledged Friday that he named four of them in error and they have no connection to the late New York financier at the center of a wide-ranging sexual abuse scandal. Khanna, a Silicon Valley Democrat, retracted the names after The Guardian newspaper on Friday quoted a U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson saying that Khanna, along with Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, forced the unmasking of completely random people selected years ago for an FBI lineup."
"The four men had nothing to do with Epstein, a spokesperson for Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's office told the Guardian. In a social media post on X Friday Khanna acknowledged the Guardian's report and confirmed that Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonid Leonov, and Nicola Caputo were just part of a photo line up and are not connected to Epstein's crimes."
"In a Friday statement to the Bay Area News Group, Khanna blamed the Department of Justice, saying it had failed to provide any explanation for their arbitrary redactions in violation of the law and then unredacted them without explaining the context that Massie and I had asked for, adding that is why he and Massie had called for a special master to oversee release of the files. Blanche in a social media post countered that the problem' is that you didn't come to us, but immediately ran to X and the House floor and made false accusations about four men, while we were checking the facts."
Ro Khanna released six names tied to the Epstein files and later acknowledged that four of them were named in error and have no connection to Epstein. The Guardian reported a DOJ spokesperson saying Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie had forced the unmasking of random people from a years-old FBI photo lineup. A DOJ spokesperson said the four men had nothing to do with Epstein. Khanna blamed the Department of Justice for arbitrary redactions and later unredactions, saying that lack of explanation justified calling for a special master. DOJ and critics countered Khanna's public accusations while facts were being checked.
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