NEW: National Guard has officially been deployed to New Orleans, Louisiana. Seen on Bourbon Street in French Quarter.
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NY TIMES🚨: The Justice Department is recruiting approximately 400 lawyers, including those from national security, criminal divisions, and U.S. attorneys’ offices in New York and Florida, to review about 5.2 million pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein investigations.
This figure exceeds prior estimates. Congress mandated the release of these files by December 19, when the department disclosed 100,000 pages and indicated at least one million more required review.
Since late November, nearly 200 national security lawyers have been redacting victim information and details that could affect ongoing probes or national security, but additional assistance is now needed.
The process is projected to continue until at least January 20.
The Trump administration has faced criticism from some in Congress for not meeting the deadline.
The department maintains that staff are working continuously to apply necessary redactions and will release documents promptly.
Following the initial release, certain photographs were temporarily removed over potential victim concerns, including one depicting a credenza with images of President Trump, which was later reinstated after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche clarified it was not withheld to protect the president.
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“Kentucky, there has been a train derailment in Todd County, and local emergency management has issued a shelter-in-place for the City of Trenton,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear wrote on Facebook. “Please follow local guidance and stay safe.”
Images from the scene of the wreck show the banged-up freight cars blocking the railroad tracks, with the white chemical leaking from at least one car.
Officials said the scene was brought under control and the shelter order was lifted around 11 a.m., with no injuries or damage to nearby homes reported.