Here is the solution. I had assests placed into a document...some were placed png's and some were created with the pen tool in the document. I figured out that one of the assets was corrupting the file. So you will need to find that asset. I opened a new document and placed each asset in one at a time. After each one, I attempted to export the jpg.....didn't have a problem until I got to the asset...the one created with the pen tool. I had used a pattern fill for those images and then put a stylized inner glow one them......that inner glow was corrupting my file. Problem solved!
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