Massie's 14: Names Read Into the Congressional Record

Massie's 14 — Names Read Into the Congressional Record

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Being named is not a finding of wrongdoing. This page documents that a person was named — by Rep. Massie or in the sources cited below — not that any allegation against them has been proven. Several people in this collection deny wrongdoing, have not been charged with a crime, or (per available reporting) have no documented connection at all. Read the citations, not just the headline.

Massie's 14: Names Read Into the Congressional Record

On Aug. 31, 2026, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) named 14 people on the House floor as alleged Jeffrey Epstein "co-conspirators," while launching a discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act II. Compiled Sept. 2026 from verified reporting; cross-checked against a local Spark research run (20260902-185201--thomas-massie-aug-31-2026-house-floor-speech-naming-14-epste), which could not independently surface the speech and is not relied on here.

What happened

Rep. Thomas Massie named 14 people on the House floor on Aug. 31, 2026 as Jeffrey Epstein "co-conspirators" he says should be investigated and prosecuted: Jes Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkann, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frédéric Fekkai, Edoardo Teodorani, Jean-Luc Brunel, Daniel Siad, Ramsey Elkholy, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), and Lesley Groff (Newsweek, PBS NewsHour, The Hill).

Massie's stated purpose was to "shame" the Department of Justice over its handling of the Epstein files a year after President Trump signed the original Epstein Files Transparency Act into law — legislation Massie championed with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) via a discharge petition that forced a 427-1 House vote in November 2025 (The Hill; Wikipedia, Epstein Files Transparency Act).

Alongside the floor speech, Massie opened a new discharge petition — the Epstein Files Transparency Act II — that would let state attorneys general sue the DOJ over withheld or redacted Epstein records and ease survivors' ability to sue for their own files. As of Sept. 1, 2026 the petition had roughly three dozen of the 218 signatures needed to force a vote (Spectrum News 1; Washington Times; Fox23 Maine / AP).

What "named" does and doesn't mean

Massie's speech is a floor statement, not a criminal charge or a court finding. Being named by a member of Congress as someone who "should be investigated" is a political and rhetorical act, protected by the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause — it is not evidence, and several of the 14 people below explicitly deny wrongdoing, have not been charged, or (per available reporting) are not otherwise documented in the DOJ's released Epstein files. The individual entries in this collection separate the fact that Massie named someone from any substantive allegation against them, and hold each allegation to its own citation.

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