Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN
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Analysis - The US Justice Department has released a new batch of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - documents that include many more mentions of President Donald Trump than last week's dump.
DOJ released the initial batch on Friday (local time) - the deadline for it to make them public after Congress passed a new law last month - and continues to gradually release additional documents.
Below are some takeaways from the latest release.
1. New evidence of a pursuit of 'co-conspirators'
We're continuing to learn potentially significant things about the government's handling of the Epstein investigations.
The new batch of documents, for example, includes evidence that prosecutors sought to investigate and potentially charge more people.
A series of apparent FBI emails from July 2019 cite "10 co-conspirators."
"When you get a chance can you give me an update on the status of the 10 CO conspirators?" reads one July 7, 2019, email from a sender with "FBI New York" in their signature.
Another email from two days later requests "an update on the 10 co-conspirators by COB today."
A third cites efforts to locate and serve these people with subpoenas. It indicates some were indeed contacted.
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