00:00A newly released batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein contains multiple references to President Donald Trump, including records of private jet travel and other disputed allegations.
00:13The files are released on Tuesday and include previously unseen material from investigations into Epstein, the wealthy financier who dies in jail in 2019.
00:22Earlier releases were heavily redacted, prompting criticism that the Justice Department was delaying publication and withholding material that mentioned Trump.
00:34In contrast, Trump appears frequently in the thousands of pages made public this week.
00:39However, many of those references originate from media reports rather than from investigators themselves.
00:45One document dated January 2020 records prosecutors noting that Trump travelled on Epstein's private jet more often than had previously been known.
00:55According to that record, at least one flight reportedly included only Epstein, Trump and an identified 20-year-old passenger.
01:02Some of the references involving Trump remain difficult to verify, including a handwritten letter that Epstein is alleged to have sent from jail.
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