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Journalist/Host (0:32)
There'S a lot happening. The other breaking news really rippling across Washington the country today is that there's new Epstein files out. The doj, after blatantly breaking the law that Trump signed, has now released 40 days after the deadline, 3 million new pages and over 100,000 pictures.
Department of Justice Representative (0:54)
Today's release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process. After submitting the final report to Congress as required under the act and publishing the written justifications for redactions in the Federal Register, the department's obligations under the under the act will be will be completed.
Journalist/Host (1:16)
This has been a saga and story where both things are true. There has been rampant delay and violations of the plain letter of the law. On the other hand, for the cynics who said, well, maybe they'll just run out the clock forever and nothing else will ever be released against the precedent of secret grand jury materials and DOJ's general's practice of secrecy and that runs back through both parties. A lot of material, the millions of documents were released today. The deputy attorney general also spoke about whether he's covering up for his boss.
Department of Justice Representative (1:49)
I can assure that we complied with the statute, we complied with the act and there is no we did not protect President Trump. My team has certain communications with the White House. Let me just be clear. They had nothing to do with this review. They had no oversight over this review.
Journalist/Host (2:08)
That's the claim by a DOJ there. There were tips that involve accusations that doesn't mean proof regarding whether Epstein and Trump participated in sexual abuse or crimes together. There's not clarity on whether that lead was followed. Other tips include things where news articles are simply forwarded by Epstein. I'm going to show you more of that emails where Epstein discusses Trump. Something we knew about. There is an important chart I want to show you from inside the federal government. This is new. We haven't seen it before. Partially redacted, but as you see, this is the DOJ looking at what they call the agents, accountants, authorized individuals, associates, redacted employee. Take it for what you will, but some of these people might have been charged Only Maxwell was. Elon Musk also outed for the first time in detail in these files because he writes to Epstein about trying to come visit the island and specifically says we what will be the wildest party on your island? What does wild mean when you're talking to this pedophile? Well, that's open, I suppose, to interpretation. A year later, there was an effort to coordinate an island visit with Epstein telling Musk he'd send a helicopter. Again, these are the emails we have. We cannot say whether that visit transpired or certainly whether any crimes occurred. You might recall that Trump's commerce secretary said Epstein was a blackmailer and talked openly about him last year. Turns out there are more hidden contacts between the two. An individual reference there, I should say, is Mr. Lutnick refers to an email about them getting together. This is after Lutnick claimed he severed ties. We should note that Lutnick publicly distanced himself. And in that planning, it appeared that Lutnick was on a trip with his wife. The DOJ says this is the last of the files they release. They'll release. We should note, 3 million is a lot less than the 6 million that prosecutors at the DOJ had initially said they had. So is this a full release or not? That question looms large over what is a ton of new documents. We are joined by Tara Palmieri, a veteran journalist, author of the Red Letter, and host of the Tara Palmeri show podcast, where she's covered exactly this story for a long time. Let's start with what's new. We can't get through all the documents today, but what jumps out to you today in the new files?