Well, the fallout continues from the Epstein files.

On Saturday, the Justice Department sent a letter to Congress that included a list of names

of, quote, politically exposed persons mentioned in the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey

Epstein.

Our Justice correspondent, Ali Rogan, has been digging into all of this and joins us now.

So, Ali, let's start with that letter from the

Justice Department. It contains hundreds of names, very little context. Why did the DOJ release

this now? So this letter was intended as a communication to Congress saying that they have

released all the documents that are relevant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required

the release of these documents.

Of course, we also know that there are another 2.5 million documents that are remaining secret.

The law also required the DOJ to release this list of all government officials and politically exposed

persons named or referenced in the files.

The DOJ says that's why they release this list, which contains about 280 names, but neither the Epstein law nor the DOJ defined what politically exposed actually means.

So there are a number of disparate names here with, as you said, very little context.

It includes people that Epstein was never known

to have met, including Princess Diana, Janice Joplin, Elvis Presley. The DOJ did note

that might be because some people ended up in the files because they were part of press clippings

that simply made their way into emails.

Well, a number of lawmakers have been calling for more transparency from the Justice Department.

What's their response to this?

We heard over the weekend from both Congressman Rowe Kana and Thomas Massey, who have been

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