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Trump in Epstein Files, CA Storms, Student Loan Wage Garnish and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Although not accused of any criminal wrongdoing, President Donald Trump’s name is mentioned many times in the latest release of the Epstein files. The Supreme Court has delivered a blow to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. A month's worth of rain is set to be dumped on parts of California. Authorities have made a breakthrough in the search for missing nine year-old Melodee Buzzard. Plus, the government will start garnishing wages from student loan defaulters next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, from CNN. I'm Josh and Shana with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, December 24th.

0:08.0

The Justice Department released thousands more files related to Jeffrey Epstein yesterday,

0:13.0

and many had mentions of President Donald Trump.

0:16.0

Now, Trump is not accused of any criminal wrongdoing, and the Justice Department said some of the materials include, quote, untrue and sensationalist claims about the president.

0:25.9

Several of the documents relate to the trial of Epstein's accomplice, Gillane Maxwell,

0:30.3

in 2021. CNN's Marshall Cohen breaks down what was learned.

0:34.7

Prosecutors and FBI investigators had uncovered that Donald Trump back in the 1990s

0:40.3

had flown on Jeffrey Epstein's plane at least eight times.

0:44.7

Not only that, but some of the other passengers on that plane were women who were potential

0:50.2

witnesses in the Maxwell sex trafficking trial.

0:54.5

Additionally, we learned that before that trial, the Justice Department sent a subpoena

0:59.7

to Mar-a Lago, which of course is President Trump's golf club and resort down in South Florida.

1:06.6

It is partially redacted, the subpoena.

1:08.8

We don't know how exactly Mar-a-Lago responded.

1:11.6

And in some exclusive reporting, CNN has seen an email which shows that the DOJ is scrambling

1:17.6

to find holiday volunteers to help make redactions to the Epstein files.

1:21.6

The email sent to a district's office in Florida includes an emergency request from the Deputy

1:26.6

Attorney General's office,

1:28.2

asking for career prosecutors to work over the quote next several days.

1:32.9

And this potentially suggests more files are going to be released over Christmas and New

1:36.7

years.

1:38.5

We're taking a quick break and when we're back, I'll tell you how the Supreme Court just

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