New Epstein victim aged just NINE years old revealed and 'top government official' named in bombshell unredacted files
Raskin said he saw a reference to a nine-year-old victim while reviewing the files.

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Credibility rates The US Sun, which carries this article. The other scores rate the article itself. The average of 8 rated stories from The US Sun.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article identifies lawmakers making the claims and includes the Justice Department's response about one document. It supplies some details about the document review and deposition, but does not independently verify the central claims or present responses from the people named in the files.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The report includes lawmakers' criticism of the redactions and the Justice Department's statement that it unredacted non-victim names. It does not include independent examination of the documents or responses from people identified in them.
- Counterarguments presented — The Justice Department's response about removing non-victim-name redactions appears, but no detailed defense of the broader redaction decisions is provided.
- Source diversity — The article quotes multiple lawmakers and a Justice Department official, but no independent experts or people named in the files.
- Omitted context — The article gives limited context for why particular names were redacted or how the claims were verified.
- Loaded language — The headline and some descriptions use sensational language.
The story reports lawmakers' claims and the Justice Department's response without advancing a discernible partisan position. Its dramatic headline and wording are sensational, but do not establish a consistent left- or right-leaning frame.
- Language tone — Uses sensational terms such as “bombshell” and “shocking,” but does not use them to express a clear partisan argument.
- Source selection — Includes statements from lawmakers and a Justice Department official.
- Framing — Frames the story around file disclosures and redactions rather than a party's political case.
Lawmakers reviewing unredacted Epstein files said the records included a victim as young as nine and questioned why names had been concealed. The Justice Department said it had removed redactions from non-victim names in one document.
Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna questioned redactions in the files, and Massie said they included a person high up in a foreign government. Jamie Raskin said he had seen a reference to a nine-year-old victim and described the contents as “preposterous and scandalous.” The article reports that Congress members began reviewing documents made publicly available by the Justice Department, but not the full set understood to remain in government possession.
The article also reports that Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions during a House Oversight Committee deposition, invoking her Fifth Amendment rights. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department had unredacted non-victim names in a document Massie posted. The article further describes newly unredacted records naming Les Wexner as a “co-conspirator”; it does not report a response from him.
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SWIPE →Representative who described a newly reviewed reference to a nine-year-old victim
Representative who questioned redactions in the Epstein files
Massie's version of this story ↗House Oversight Committee chair who questioned Maxwell during her deposition
Deputy attorney general who said the Justice Department had unredacted non-victim names
Representative who joined Massie in questioning redactions
Part of a bigger story
5 OUTLETSJamie Raskin said he reviewed unredacted Epstein files in which Donald Trump is mentioned repeatedly. Left-leaning outlets emphasize the number of references and Trump’s past association with Epstein. Center outlets focus on Raskin’s claims about the files, especially an email he says conflicts with Trump’s account; RadarOnline also takes a skeptical tone toward Raskin.
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