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podcasts. Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Doa Liza Kautel. The Justice Department has

released another batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. These

contain hundreds of references to President Trump.

The DOJ says the nearly 30,000 documents contain, quote, untrue or sensationalist claims about Trump.

More on this from NPR's Luke Garrett.

In a 2020 email, an unidentified federal prosecutor said flight logs show Trump had flown on Epstein's

private jet, quote, many more times than previously reported between 1993 and 1996.

Another file shows a 2021 subpoena to Mara Lago for employment records during the investigation

into Galane Maxwell, Epstein's co-conspirator, and a convicted sex offender.

Other documents include a 2019 letter supposedly sent by

Epstein to convicted sex offender Larry Nasser, the U.S. gymnastics team doctor. The letter mentions,

quote, our president, though it's unclear whether the DOJ verified, whether this was in fact written by

Epstein. These documents continue a piecemeal release by the DOJ, despite Congress requiring them to make all the files public last Friday.

Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.

A jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay $1.5 billion to a Baltimore woman after finding the company liable for exposing her to asbestos through baby powder.

WIPR Scott Masioni reports it's the largest win for a single person in a talk-related case.

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