Thomas Massie Reads Alleged Epstein Co-Conspirator Names on House Floor, Pushes New Files Vote

Rep. Thomas Massie has intensified his campaign for fuller disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein records by naming individuals on the House floor and promoting new legislation, while viral claims about President Trump’s possible imprisonment go beyond what Massie actually said.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, publicly named more than a dozen people on the House floor whom he described as Jeffrey Epstein “co-conspirators” who should be investigated and potentially prosecuted.

Massie delivered the remarks on August 31, 2026, while promoting the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, legislation designed to give additional parties legal tools to challenge Justice Department withholding or redactions.

The Hill reported that Massie said the federal government was still withholding millions of Epstein-related records despite an earlier transparency law that President Donald Trump signed in November 2025.

During the floor speech, Massie named figures including former Barclays executive Jes Staley, billionaire Leon Black, retail magnate Les Wexner, magician David Copperfield and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew.

Massie’s statements were allegations made by a member of Congress, not criminal findings. Several people he named have denied wrongdoing, and appearing in Epstein-related records does not itself establish participation in crimes.

The distinction is especially important because Epstein’s files contain many types of material, including contact information, witness statements, investigative leads and submissions that may be unverified, incomplete or unrelated to criminal conduct.

The Justice Department said in January that it had published nearly 3.5 million pages under the original Epstein Files Transparency Act, alongside thousands of videos and approximately 180,000 images.

DOJ also warned that the production included material sent to the FBI by members of the public, meaning some documents could contain false, fabricated or unsubstantiated allegations alongside legitimate investigative records.

Massie disputes the department’s claim of substantial compliance, arguing that more than three million additional files remain withheld and that some released records contain redactions he believes violate the transparency law.

His follow-up bill would allow state attorneys general, certain local prosecutors, victims and members of Congress to sue the attorney general over alleged failures to release records required by the existing statute.

The legislation would also provide state and local prosecutors access to unredacted records needed for investigations or prosecutions, while giving victims broader rights to obtain records concerning themselves and their cases.

Massie has worked on the Epstein disclosure effort with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, making the campaign one of the relatively unusual bipartisan transparency initiatives to repeatedly challenge congressional leadership and the Justice Department.

The original Epstein Files Transparency Act passed the House 427-1 in November 2025 after Massie and Khanna used a discharge petition to force the measure onto the chamber’s agenda.

President Trump later signed that legislation, so Massie’s current effort is not itself evidence that he is seeking Trump’s prosecution; it primarily concerns disclosure, enforcement and possible investigation of people named in evidence.

The viral graphic goes considerably further by asking whether readers support Massie even if disclosure leads to “the imprisonment of the president,” a scenario not established by Massie’s House-floor remarks.

Neither The Hill’s report nor Massie’s explanation of his legislation presented the floor speech as an attempt to imprison Trump; the stated focus was investigating alleged Epstein associates and compelling fuller disclosure.

The Justice Department separately said some released files contain allegations concerning Trump that it considers false and unfounded, while senior officials have also said the released material did not justify new prosecutions.

Massie’s conflict with Trump is nevertheless real. Trump backed a successful Republican primary challenger against him in May after repeated clashes over Epstein disclosure, foreign policy and other administration priorities.

More recently, Massie and Khanna said they had gathered enough support to force another House vote on Epstein records, continuing pressure on the Justice Department even as lawmakers left Washington for midterm campaigning.

The most accurate reading of the viral post is therefore narrower: Massie did publicly name alleged Epstein co-conspirators, but claims that his action could imprison Trump go beyond the evidence presented in that speech.