Tom, we will let you dive in to the files and I'm going to go to Capitol Hill. Ryan, let me just read a little bit. Uh, the Justice Department saying, "In view of the congressional deadline, all reasonable efforts have been made to review and redact personal information pertaining to victims, other private individuals, and protect sensitive materials from disclosure. That has been a big part of the effort that has been underway in the days and weeks leading up to this release. Obviously, the battle to get t ...

Uh Gabe, let me turn to you at the White House because it's my understanding that you are getting reaction from the White House. What do you have. >> Uh yeah, that's right.A few moments ago, we just received that statement, the first statement uh from the White House uh um following the release uh of these uh of these files and spokeswoman uh Abigail Jackson saying that the Trump administration is the most transparent in history. Go on. She goes on to say by releasing thousands of pages of documents coopera ...

The Justice Department has now begun what has been a very long awaited release of these files. Officials just moments ago had told me it's coming soon. And now we know that the Department of Justice is beginning the roll out of what we believe will be hundreds of thousands of documents today.According to the deputy attorney general, this initial release, we expect will include things that take us inside parts of what has been a nearly 20year odyssey of Jeffrey Epstein. Uh this controversy has lived longer t ...

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