I'm not posting this for the information described by the article title. Rather, I'd like to draw your attention to the very end of the piece:
The justice department had earlier told CBS News that the four men Khanna mentioned were “only included in this one document out of all the files. Wexner is referenced nearly 200 times in the files, and Bin Sulayem appears over 4,700 times.”
A legal representative for Wexner said: “The assistant US attorney told Mr Wexner’s legal counsel in 2019 that Mr Wexner was being viewed as source of information about Epstein and was not a target in any respect. Mr Wexner cooperated fully by providing background information on Epstein and was never contacted again.”
Not entirely true. Les Wexner got a proffer from SDNY. I'll explain.
Looking at the photo of Pam Bondi's folder in this article, I got intrigued by the list of Jamila Priyapal's EFTA searches, and looked up the documents myself. The very last document listed in the photo is a PowerPoint presentation created by the federal Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and the NYC Joint Bank Robbery / Violent Crime Task Force for distribution to law enforcement.
On page 11 of this presentation, both Les Wexner and his wife Abigail are listed as two of the people receiving proffers, some via the FBI and some via the Southern District of New York.
A proffer is when law enforcement makes you an offer saying, in effect, "If you tell us what you know about this crime, we promise that what you tell us will not be used against you." (In case you're wondering, there is no non-criminal proffer possible in the context of this law enforcement presentation.)
In criminal law, proffers are made to people believed to be chargeable with an offense, usually serious, related to the evidence sought. Proffers are the carrot on the stick of criminal charges. Without a possible charge, a proffer has no power to protect.
Just so you know.
And frankly, had DoJ done their jobs and followed the law as written, Ro Khanna would never have been put in the position of trying to figure out who was who in the files in the first place. Redacting according to the provisions set forth in EFTA was what the DoJ was supposed to have done before the files were released, and did not. The release of unredacted victim names, including these four unrelated persons, is NOT on Ro Khanna. That's on the DoJ.