Disturbing redacted emails in the Epstein Files as fury grows over why the names are hidden | 10 Feb 2026 | The Epstein Files contain numerous instances in which the identities of people who sent concerning emails to the late pedophile have been redacted. Included in the emails are repeated disturbing references to girls and young women, but the names of the senders are blacked out. The Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA) passed by Congress in November compelled the Justice Department to release all of the records in its possession… Members of Congress were given access to unredacted versions of the files on Monday under strict conditions, and what they saw is likely to spur further outrage. Republican congressman Thomas Massie said he discovered the names of six men whose identities were redacted, and who “are likely incriminated by their inclusion in these files.” One of the earliest such redactions, chronologically, came on April 24, 2009 when Epstein sent an email to an associate saying: “where are you? are you ok I loved the torture video.”