WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Welcome to the "News Hour."

The Justice Department released nearly 30,000# more pages of docu.. convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,# including many that reference President## Donald Trump.

The new batch comes as the DOJ# is being criticized for not releasing all of## the documents by the deadline set by Congress and# heavily redacting many of those they have put out.

Our White House correspondent, Liz Landers,## has been going through the recent# batch, and she joins us now.

Hi, Liz.

What is in this latest release?

LIZ LANDERS: This is 30,000 more pages# that were put up last night, taken down,## and then reposted by the Justice# Department.

This includes photos,## video surveillance, a lot of legal# correspondence between different## prosecuting areas that were prosecuting# the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell case.

There are few pages of this that are fully# redacted, no explanation why.

There's also## an e-mail that mentions 10 co-conspirators# that the FBI was discussing in 2019.

That## is some news that people have picked up on.

And# there's also a few mentions of President Trump.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Let's talk about some# of those mentions of him.

We should say## the president has not been accused of# any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein,## but there are some troubling references in here.

LIZ LANDERS: There is a reference in one# FBI file that includes a rape allegation.## This was apparently made during# the height of the 2020 campaign.

There's also a court document that# talks about a 14-year-old girl who## was taken to Mar-a-Lago in 1994.

She said# that she was there with Jeffrey Epstein,## who introduced her to its owner, Donald Trump.# Epstein apparently elbowed Trump playfully,## asking him, referring to Jane Doe: "This is a good# one, right?"

Trump smiled and nodded in agreement.

They both chuckled and Doe felt uncomfortable, but# at the time was too young to understand why.

There## is another Department of Justice internal e-mail# sent from a U.S.

attorney to an unknown person,## again redacted.

This was sent in January of 2020# talking about Trump being on Epstein's plane.

It says -- quote -- "For your situational# awareness, we wanted to let that the flight## records we received yesterday reflect that# Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private## jet many more times than we previously had# reported or that we were aware of."

And it## said that he is listed as a passenger on at# least eight flights between 1993 and 1996.

Now, the Department of Justice put out a statement# this morning on social media saying that:## "Some of these documents contain untrue# and sensationalist claims made against## President Trump that were submitted to the FBI# right before the 2020 election.

To be clear,## the claims are unfounded and false.# And if they had a shred of credibility,## they certainly would have been weaponized# against President Trump already."

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: But we don't know which# of those documents they're referring to.

LIZ LANDERS: No, there's not# a clear indication in there.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: So what is# President Trump saying about all this?

LIZ LANDERS: So President Trump was asked# yesterday at his club in Palm Beach .. some of the release that had come out,# and in particular about former President## Bill Clinton being in some of those images# that we saw last week.

Here's what he said.

DONALD TRUMP, President of the United# States: A lot of people are very angry## that pictures are being released of other# people that really h.. Epstein.

But they're in a picture with# him because he was at a party and you## ruin a reputation of somebody.

So a lot of# people are very angry that this continues.

LIZ LANDERS: The president# has repeatedly expressed## his frustration that the Epstein files# story continues to dominate the news,## while he said it's overshadowing some of# the accomplishments of his administration.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: This is not how this was all# supposed to roll out, right?

Congress passed a## law.

Legislators are upset about this, as are# some of the survivors.

What are they saying?

LIZ LANDERS: To put it bluntly, the way that# this has been released by the Department of## Justice has not been in compliance# with the original intent of the law.

The Epstein Transparency Act directed the# Department of Justice to publish all of the## files and materials related to Epstein and# Ghislaine Maxwell.

Flight logs, records, any## grand jury testimony, all of that was supposed to# be released, redactions to protect victims' names,## but that was it.

And anything related to ongoing# investigations, that was supposed to be redacted.

What we have seen is that not everything# has been released all at once.

Instead,## we're seeing this kind of trickle out over the# course of several days now.

We've also seen names## that have been redacted in some of these e-mails# with no apparent reason why between attorneys,## it looks like.

That's not supposed to be# covered up in some of these redactions.

And, also, we've seen that these# files have been posted and then## taken down in two instances now without# explanation from the Department of Justice.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Liz Landers, thanks# for staying on top of all this for us.

LIZ LANDERS: Of course.