Luke Garrett

Other documents include a 2019 letter supposedly sent by Epstein to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, the U.S.

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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.

In short, not a lot.

The DOJ did release two more datasets, and the department posted on X that a previously blacked-out grand jury document was released with, quote, minimal redactions.

But after a really close reading, the 119-page document did not have any major revelations such as new co-conspirators or crimes.

While Epstein's crimes and conspiracy were described in brutal detail...

The names remain largely redacted, but taken together, Steve, these files do show that people reported Epstein's criminal behavior to the government decades before it was federally investigated.

That's right.

The department deleted more than a dozen files from their original release this weekend.

On Sunday morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acknowledged this on NBC News.

Now NPR found that at least one of these removed files included a photo of President Trump.

By Sunday afternoon, the DOJ republished that Trump file saying no victims were depicted in that photo.

The DOJ says they were under a huge time crunch to put these files out, so they're asking the public to help them identify anything that should or shouldn't be there.

And this review process is causing this back and forth.

But some members of Congress aren't buying it.

Can they enforce the law in any way?

The lawmaker who authored the law says he's going to try.