The fourteen names Massie read into the record.
A congressman stood on the House floor, used the one shield that lets him say what prosecutors won't, and read fourteen names he called Epstein co-conspirators. That he did it is the fact. What we do with it is the discipline.
On August 31, 2026, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) named fourteen people on the House floor as Jeffrey Epstein “co-conspirators” who, he said, should be investigated and prosecuted — then launched a discharge petition to force a vote on releasing more of the government's Epstein files. This page carries exactly one thing as fact: that Massie named them. It does not repeat the sexual allegations, and it does not pronounce anyone guilty. For each name we give their public role and the documented, on-the-record facts of their connection to Epstein — and their denial.
What this page argues
Massie could read these names because of the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause, which shields a member of Congress from civil or criminal liability for what they say on the floor. That is the crucial frame: the naming is a political act protected from consequence, not an indictment, a charge, or a court finding. Every person Massie named who has addressed it publicly has denied wrongdoing, and — as far as the public record shows — none has been charged as a result.
So we hold a hard line. The graded fact is that the naming happened. Below it, we list each person's prominent role during the years they were connected to Epstein and only the facts that are actually documented — a financial arrangement, a regulator's finding, a legal status, an entry in Epstein's own records — with each person's response. We deliberately do not recount the underlying sexual allegations, and we do not attach a guilt verdict to any individual.
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The fourteen names Massie read into the record.
A congressman used the one shield that lets him say what prosecutors won't, and read 14 names he called Epstein co-conspirators. That he did it is the fact. What we do with it is the discipline.
The record, claim by claim
On Aug. 31, 2026, Rep. Thomas Massie named fourteen people on the House floor as Epstein 'co-conspirators' who should be investigated and prosecuted.
FACTIn a House floor speech, Massie read fourteen names he described as Epstein co-conspirators, saying they 'should be investigated and prosecuted.' He confirmed it publicly the same night: 'On the House floor tonight, I read the names of several Epstein coconspirators who should be investigated and prosecuted.' The event was reported by The Hill, Newsweek, NewsNation, and others. This is the one thing we assert without qualification — that the naming happened, and who was named.
- The Hill, Newsweek, NewsNation, and other outlets' reporting on Massie's Aug. 31, 2026 floor speech; Massie's own post on X the same night
He could do it because of floor immunity — which means the naming is a protected political act, not a charge or a court finding.
FACTMassie invoked the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause, which broadly shields members of Congress from civil or criminal liability for statements made in legislative proceedings. That is exactly why he could name private citizens as 'co-conspirators' from the floor when prosecutors have not charged them: the shield removes the legal consequence that would otherwise attach to such an accusation. It also means no evidentiary standard was tested. Naming under immunity is not an indictment.
- U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 6 (the Speech or Debate Clause); contemporaneous reporting noting Massie's reliance on it
Every named person who has addressed it publicly has denied wrongdoing — and the naming came bundled with a push to release more files.
FACTReporting on the speech notes that every individual Massie named who has spoken publicly about their relationship with Epstein has denied any wrongdoing. Massie paired the naming with a discharge petition seeking 218 signatures to force a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II — a follow-up to the transparency act he and Rep. Ro Khanna spearheaded a year earlier, after which, Massie says, the government still withholds more than three million files. The political context is a fight over disclosure, and we carry the denials as part of the record.
- Reporting that all publicly-responding named individuals denied wrongdoing; coverage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act II discharge petition and the ~3 million still-withheld files
Who they are, and what is actually documented
No verdict is attached to any name. “Documented” means an on-the-record fact — a financial arrangement, a regulator's action, a legal status, an appearance in Epstein's own records. Where little is documented, we say so rather than fill the space with the accusation.
Jes Staley
Then Longtime senior JPMorgan executive (head of its private bank and later investment bank); afterward CEO of Barclays.
Documented An extensive email correspondence with Epstein surfaced in the U.S. Virgin Islands' litigation against JPMorgan. In 2023 the UK Financial Conduct Authority banned Staley from senior UK finance roles and fined him after finding he had misled Barclays and regulators about the closeness of his relationship with Epstein; he had resigned as Barclays CEO in 2021.
Response Denies knowing of Epstein's crimes; challenged the FCA's findings.
Leon Black
Then Co-founder and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, one of the largest private-equity firms in the world.
Documented Paid Epstein roughly $158 million between 2012 and 2017. An independent review Apollo commissioned from the law firm Dechert concluded the payments were for tax and estate-planning work, that Apollo had no relationship with Epstein, and that it found nothing to contradict Black's statement that he was unaware of Epstein's crimes. A Senate Finance Committee inquiry led by Sen. Ron Wyden later questioned the scale of the arrangement and said Black declined to answer key questions. Black stepped down as Apollo's CEO in 2021.
Response Denies any wrongdoing.
Les Wexner
Then Founder and longtime CEO of L Brands (Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works); Epstein's most important early financial client. In 1991 he co-founded, with Seagram heir Charles Bronfman, an invitation-only network of wealthy pro-Israel philanthropists known as the Study Group — informally the 'Mega Group.'
Documented Granted Epstein sweeping power of attorney over his finances, and a Manhattan mansion later used by Epstein traces to a Wexner entity. Wexner has said Epstein misappropriated more than $46 million from him. A 2019 FBI document released this year listed Wexner as a 'co-conspirator' but described the evidence concerning him as limited; his representatives say a federal prosecutor told his attorneys in 2019 that he was neither a co-conspirator nor a target.
Response Denies wrongdoing; says he severed ties around 2007 and was himself a victim of Epstein's theft.
Wider connections The Study Group / Mega Group is described as a pro-Israel group and is said to have sought to influence US Middle East policy; by public accounts it hired Republican pollster Frank Luntz in 2003 to help mobilize support for Israel. We flag the “said to” deliberately: the group's existence and Wexner's founding role are well documented, while its policy influence is characterized cautiously in the record, not proven. It places this entry in the orbit of our coverage of Israeli influence — the donor and advocacy machinery that works to shape US policy toward Israel — and the broader Israel & Zionism file, a reminder that Epstein's original patron sat at the center of an influential political-philanthropic network long before the trafficking story broke.
Glenn Dubin
Then Hedge-fund billionaire, co-founder of Highbridge Capital Management; his wife, Eva Andersson-Dubin, was a former associate of Epstein's.
Documented Named in unsealed court documents from the litigation surrounding Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Not charged.
Response Has denied any wrongdoing.
Tom Pritzker
Then Executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels and a scion of the Pritzker family.
Documented Named in Epstein-related court filings. Not charged.
Response Has denied any wrongdoing.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew)
Then British royal, formerly the Duke of York; the most prominent figure Massie named.
Documented In February 2022 he settled Virginia Giuffre's civil lawsuit (with no admission of liability). He had already stepped back from royal duties and been stripped of his military affiliations and use of 'His Royal Highness'; he has since given up the use of his princely and ducal titles.
Response Has consistently denied the allegations against him.
Jean-Luc Brunel
Then French modeling agent; co-founded the agency MC2 Model Management, reportedly with financial backing from Epstein.
Documented Arrested in France in December 2020 and charged with rape of minors and trafficking tied to Epstein. He died in a Paris jail in February 2022 while awaiting trial (ruled a suicide). He was never tried or convicted.
Response Had denied the charges before his death.
Lesley Groff
Then Epstein's longtime executive assistant.
Documented Named among the potential 'co-conspirators' granted immunity under Epstein's widely-criticized 2007 federal non-prosecution agreement in Florida.
Response Has denied wrongdoing.
David Copperfield
Then Illusionist and entertainer.
Documented Appears in Epstein-related records that have entered the public domain (flight logs and unsealed material). Not charged.
Response Has said he was unaware of Epstein's crimes.
Lapo Elkann
Then Italian businessman and an heir to the Agnelli (Fiat) family.
Documented Appears in Epstein's contact book. Beyond that, little is publicly documented, and he has not been charged.
Response Has not addressed the naming publicly, as far as the record shows.
Frédéric Fekkai
Then Celebrity hairstylist and haircare-brand entrepreneur.
Documented Appears in Epstein's records; little else is publicly documented, and he has not been charged.
Response Has not addressed the naming publicly, as far as the record shows.
Edoardo Teodorani-Fabbri
Then Italian businessman, reported to have connections to the Agnelli family; publicly a low-profile figure.
Documented Appears in Epstein-related records; little else is publicly documented, and he has not been charged.
Response Has not addressed the naming publicly, as far as the record shows.
Ramsey Elkholy
Then A publicly low-profile figure; little reliable public information about his career is available.
Documented Appears in Epstein-related records; little else is publicly documented, and he has not been charged.
Response Has not addressed the naming publicly, as far as the record shows.
Daniel Siad
Then A figure connected to the modeling industry; publicly low-profile.
Documented His name appeared in Epstein-related records. He was found dead near Paris in July 2026, per reporting. Not charged.
Response Deceased; had not publicly addressed the matter.
The rules we set for this page
- One asserted fact. That Massie named these fourteen people is the only thing we state as fact. Everything else is either a documented, sourced detail or is labeled as absent from the record.
- No guilt verdicts. We assign no FACT/PROBABLY-TRUE grade to any individual's culpability. Naming under floor immunity is not a charge; appearing in Epstein's black book or flight logs is not a crime; knowing Epstein is not a crime.
- No recounting the allegations. We do not repeat the sexual allegations against anyone here. We list public roles, documented financial/regulatory/legal facts, and each person's response.
- We correct the list where it's wrong. Versions of this list circulating online say Brunel was “convicted.” He was charged and died awaiting trial. Getting that right is the point of the exercise.
- Right of response. Anyone named here who believes we have a fact wrong is invited to tell us, and we will carry the correction.
The point isn't the list — it's that it took immunity to say it
Strip out the accusation and one uncomfortable fact remains: to get these names into the public record, a sitting congressman needed a constitutional shield, because the ordinary machinery — charges, trials, disclosure — has not produced them. Whatever any individual did or didn't do, the government is still withholding millions of files, the people who might be accountable have mostly faced no legal test, and the survivors have no closure. That is the story this belongs to across The Epstein Class: not a verdict on fourteen men, but a system that leaves naming-under-immunity as one of the only tools left. The remedy Massie is chasing — releasing the files — is the one that would let facts, not floor speeches, decide.
Questions worth taking seriously
Aren't you just repeating an accusation and hiding behind 'Massie said it'?
No — and the design is meant to prevent exactly that. We don't repeat the sexual allegations, we assign no guilt, and we label what's documented versus what isn't. We report a newsworthy public act by a congressman — one every major outlet covered — and attribute the “co-conspirator” characterization to him, not to us. The value is the discipline: public roles, documented facts, denials, and a plain statement that naming is not proof.
Why include people about whom almost nothing is documented?
Because the fact being reported is the complete list Massie read, and omitting names would misrepresent it. But we're honest about the asymmetry: for a Wexner or a Black there is a deep documented record; for others, the only documented thing is that their name appears in Epstein's records and that Massie named them. We say that plainly rather than imply a hidden dossier exists.
If you are named on this page
If you are named on this page, or are a party materially affected by the claims made here, and you wish to respond, correct the record, or add context, use the Contact page. Responses are published verbatim alongside the original claim, with the sender identified and the date of receipt. The channel stays open for the life of the page.
This site aggregates and grades a record that other outlets and primary sources have already put on the record. Every FACT-graded claim above is sourced to court filings, government reports, sworn whistleblower disclosures, published investigative journalism, or named-source statements. The citations are the accountability mechanism; this section is how you get on the record too.
The record
- The Hill, Newsweek, NewsNation, AOL, and other outlets — reporting on Rep. Thomas Massie's Aug. 31, 2026 House floor speech naming fourteen alleged Epstein co-conspirators, and his own post on X; the Speech or Debate Clause context and the Epstein Files Transparency Act II discharge petition
- Leon Black — the Dechert LLP review commissioned by Apollo (the ~$158M figure and its conclusions) and the Senate Finance Committee inquiry led by Sen. Ron Wyden
- Jes Staley — the U.S. Virgin Islands v. JPMorgan litigation record and the UK Financial Conduct Authority's 2023 action banning and fining him
- Les Wexner — the 2019 FBI document (released this year) describing him as a 'co-conspirator' with limited evidence, and his representatives' statements; the power-of-attorney and property record
- Jean-Luc Brunel — French court records: charged December 2020, died in custody February 2022 awaiting trial (never convicted)
- Lesley Groff — the 2007 federal non-prosecution agreement in Florida naming potential co-conspirators granted immunity
- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — the February 2022 civil settlement and the subsequent loss of titles and honors
- The Epstein Class hub — the wider accountability record this page joins