The House Oversight Committee released the first batch of the Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday night, a release that totaled more than 33,000 documents in all.
The documents focus heavily on Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's side of the case. They include her lawyers' court filings about her release pending trial, the appeal of her conviction, and legal filings from law firms asking federal judges to throw out charges against Maxwell.
The documents were released on the same day survivors of Epstein and Maxwell's crimes testified before Congress.
Here are six key excerpts from the documents.
The documents contained multiple filings from lawyers arguing the government's charges against Maxwell should be thrown out.
In one filing, lawyers contended that charges for "transporting minors with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity" should be dismissed because of the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause.
Another memorandum argues that the charges should be dismissed because Maxwell doesn't know who made the claims against her.
Maxwell's lawyers appealed the court's decision to keep Maxwell incarcerated without bail in December 2020. In their filing, they offered a "substantially larger bail package" than the one proposed by the government.
A federal judge in New York ruled that Maxwell was a flight risk. That finding was substantiated even though "the Government does not contend that the Defendant poses a danger to the community," according to the court order.
The release contains multiple letters from Maxwell's lawyers that push back against the way she was treated in the prison system.
In one letter from February 2021, Maxwell's lawyers argued that she should be given more access to a laptop so she can review discovery. They called the department's proposed solution of allowing her to review materials on weekends and holidays "utterly inadequate."
At least one lawyer thought the case against Maxwell would be a slam dunk, according to the documents.
David Boies, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, approached the Southern District of New York about charging Maxwell with perjury.
"We have her dead to rights," Boies said.
The files included multiple transcripts where Maxwell said she did not witness the crimes she was later convicted of.
In one transcript, Maxwell denied knowing about the sex toys Epstein preferred. She also denied seeing him with some of the victims in different properties.
The FBI's report on the nonprosecution agreement reached between Epstein's lawyer and former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta was also included in the files.
In it, the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility found that Acosta's actions related to the agreement did not constitute misconduct.
Acosta admitted to knowing about the agreement and approving it, even though he did not sign the agreement himself.