Federal agents moved swiftly to track down alleged accomplices in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, newly released Justice Department documents reveal.
An email dated July 7, 2019—just one day after Epstein’s arrest—shows investigators attempting contact with 10 suspected “co-conspirators.”
The heavily redacted email identifies only three individuals by name: Ghislaine Maxwell, Jean-Luc Brunel and Leslie Wexner.
The document references contact attempts in both New York and Boston, but the identities of seven other suspected co-conspirators remain concealed behind black redaction marks.
Maxwell stands as the only confirmed co-conspirator mentioned in the correspondence.
She is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence after her conviction on sex trafficking charges related to her role in Epstein’s criminal enterprise.
Brunel, a French modeling agent who allegedly recruited young girls for Epstein, died in his Paris prison cell in 2022.
Authorities found him deceased while he awaited trial on charges related to the Epstein case.
Wexner, the 88-year-old billionaire founder of retail brands including Victoria’s Secret, The Limited, and Abercrombie & Fitch, maintained a business relationship with Epstein until 2007.
That relationship ended when Epstein faced his first sex trafficking indictment in Florida, reports the New York Post.
The outlet added that the billionaire’s attorney told the New York Times that Wexner faces no federal investigation and is not considered a co-conspirator.
According to his legal representative, Wexner provided background information to federal prosecutors about Epstein and received no further contact from authorities.
Victoria’s Secret confirmed to the Post that Wexner “has no current business connections” to the lingerie brand he founded.
The email’s sender remains unknown due to redactions, though the reply contains “FBI New York” in the signature line.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has demanded the Justice Department provide more information about the alleged co-conspirators.
“Buried in the Epstein files is an email disclosing the Department of Justice was looking into at least 10 possible Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirators,” Schumer stated, per the Post.
“The Department of Justice needs to shed more light on who was on the list, how they were involved, and why they chose not to prosecute,” the New York Democrat added.
Schumer criticized the lack of transparency, stating, “Protecting possible co-conspirators is not the transparency the American people and Congress are demanding.”
Congressional sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act have accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of shielding powerful individuals through excessive redactions.
The act’s passage compelled the Justice Department to release these documents.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) told the Post on Monday that survivors have identified additional perpetrators.
“This is where the survivors have named other men who either raped them or visited Epstein’s rape island or covered up the abuse,” Khanna said.
“What the American people want to know [is]: Who are these other powerful financiers [and] powerful politicians who trafficked these women, or abused these women as girls or covered it up?” Khanna asked.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and lead GOP cosponsor of the transparency act, echoed demands for accountability.
“Right now the DOJ is violating the law to protect those individuals,” Massie told the Post regarding the redacted identities.
He vowed to pursue all available options to force the Justice Department to disclose the concealed names.
