Federal judge allows release of Epstein sex trafficking case grand jury transcripts

A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the release of grand jury transcripts in the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case.

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the transcripts sealed, citing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was enacted last month, creating a narrow exception to rules that normally keep grand jury proceedings confidential, The Associated Press reported. The law requires the government to open its files on Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Berman previously cautioned that the roughly 70 pages of grand jury materials slated for release are hardly revelatory.

The law requires that the Justice Department release Epstein-related records to the public by Dec. 19.