Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear responded to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on X over the past 59 minutes through 7:45 a.m. UTC on Jan. 26, 2026, stating he missed Cruz's post due to leading his state's emergency response, while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz replied to Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter, noting 2 million unreleased Epstein documents, according to X posts from @AndyBeshearKY and @remarks. Beshear wrote, "Sorry for missing this earlier, @tedcruz. Been busy leading my state's emergency response all day. From Kentucky," accompanied by a thinking emoji, as posted at https://x.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/2015561322381951057. This follows Cruz's earlier X post stating "Islamists who share the same world view…," shared between 3:15 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. UTC, according to @tedcruz. Walz's response, quoted by @remarks at https://x.com/remarks/status/2015510938003140736, stated: "There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those." No further details on Bondi's letter were provided in the source.
