The Justice Department has sent Congress a six-page letter defending the redactions it made in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files — and included a list of “all government officials and politically exposed persons” whose names appear in the material. The letter, addressed to the leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary committees, says the names show up in a “wide variety of contexts,” ranging from people who emailed directly with Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell to those who never interacted