Overview
- Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown said she found her American Airlines booking and itinerary from July 2019 in the newly posted files tied to a grand jury subpoena.
- Brown noted the record included her maiden name and asked on X why the Justice Department had her travel details.
- House Oversight Committee Democrats reposted her message and said the DOJ must explain why a journalist’s booking data is in the Epstein materials.
- The DOJ has said the SDNY and the FBI have provided over a million additional documents for review and release under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
- Officials have not publicly explained the inclusion of Brown’s itinerary, as commentators raised press‑freedom concerns on social media.