A federal judge has ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation that took place between 2005 and 2007.
The Dec. 5 order states that while the government's previous attempts to release the grand jury transcripts was denied, U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith was ordering their release in compliance with a law passed in November that requires the attorney general to make publicly available “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice.”
The Justice Department has until Dec. 19 − 30 days after President Donald Trump signed the bill − to release the information it has, which is expected to go beyond the files Smith has released.
When will the Epstein files be released? Countdown to the deadline.
