Welcome to the beat. We begin with these new Epstein files. Thousands of new pages past the deadline.

We have covered the illegal cover-up since most documents have not been met by the deadline.

But what we have now are new emails. Investigator notes, new witness accounts, as well as material that goes well beyond some of what was in the DOJ's first

release. Before we get into any of the context and the wider legal ramifications, let me tell you

highlights of what are in these files. New flight records, newly revealed prosecutor notes,

documentation of Donald Trump traveling with Epstein to a degree that even the people inside

the DOJ at the time, people with knowledge of the case, found to be a, quote, surprise.

More jet travel with Epstein than they knew at the time.

A subpoena that was sent to Mar-Lago during the Maxwell probe that was seeking records.

That itself is not completely incriminating for Mar-a-Lago, but it's new.

You could see why they wanted to hide it.

Here's the Washington Post headline on what is now another day of Epstein file dumps,

quote, second batch of Epstein files with many mentions of Trump.

Here's a conservative paper, the examiner, that says some of the new files include Trump's name,

which is putting it mildly, or Mediite, which is read widely in East Coast media circles,

the five most shocking Trump mentions in the latest batch of Epstein docks.

This is shaking up up D.C.

Overnight under pressure of the Department of Justice releasing thousands more Jeffrey

Epstein files, the most substantial dump of documents so far, tips about President Trump's

degree of involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. Then this email mentioning President Trump from a federal prosecutor on a flight that Trump

and Epstein were on.

A flight that Trump and Epstein were on.

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