CNN anchor Erin Burnett was visibly taken aback on Thursday night while discussing President Donald Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files with one of the president's former attorneys.

Burnett and Ty Cobb, a former attorney for Trump, discussed the new revelations that surfaced after the House Oversight Committee released tens of thousands of new documents related to the Epstein case. Some of the documents directly contradict statements Trump has made about their relationship, as well as statements Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, made to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche during an interview over the summer.

Maxwell told Blanche that she never saw Trump at Epstein's homes, even though one of the newly released emails contradicts that statement. Blanche also never followed up on the assertion during the interview, which Burnett found questionable.

"There are many things in here to question, but that one just punches you in the face," Burnett said. "Direct conflict with her statement to Blanche. He did not follow up with her. And he says today that that's because law enforcement didn't have the materials that Epstein's estate hid for years. He said it was only just provided to Congress."

"Does that excuse add up?" she asked Cobb.

"No, it doesn't add up at all," Cobb replied, adding that he found it "hard to imagine" those documents weren't recovered during previous searches of Epstein's computers and phones.