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The DOJ Releases (Some of) the Epstein Files

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Justice Department releases a limited portion of files pertaining to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, while some lawmakers argue that the DOJ failed to meet its deadline. The U.S. seizes another ship near Venezuela. And a San Francisco power outage reveals a shortcoming in Waymo’s self-driving taxis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Monday, December 22nd. They were supposed to release all the Epstein files, so where are the rest of them?

0:06.0

We start here.

0:08.0

The Justice Department puts out a trove of documents, but not even close to everything.

0:14.0

Looks like thousands of pages, and again compare that to hundreds of thousands of pages.

0:20.0

What we've learned about what's there in the Epstein investigation and what isn't.

0:24.6

The U.S. goes after more Venezuelan vessels.

0:27.6

They say that that vessel that was seized does not appear on any international sanctions list.

0:32.5

Analysts are asking if the envelopes being pushed even further.

0:35.8

And they've been trained to read traffic lights perfectly,

0:38.5

but what do those traffic lights go out?

0:40.7

There's a turn, and they're confused.

0:44.6

A power outage in San Francisco stalls a whole fleet of driverless cars.

0:51.1

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:54.5

I'm Brad Milkey.

1:00.1

As we previewed last week, Friday was the deadline for the Justice Department to release files from its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

1:09.7

This came out of a vote that President Trump opposed before he supported it.

1:12.6

And of course, the Justice Department reports to Attorney General Pam Bondi,

1:16.6

who reports to Trump.

1:17.6

So everyone was curious whether he would truly want everything out there.

1:21.6

Friday morning came and went.

1:23.6

No documents.

1:24.6

People in Washington ate lunch at their desks and case documents suddenly

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