A federal judge in New York has ruled the US Department of Justice can publicly release grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case.
US District Judge Richard Berman's ruling reverses his previous decision to keep the material sealed. He cited a new law passed by Congress requiring the justice department to release files about Epstein by the end of next week.
Esptein was charged with sex trafficking in July 2019. He died in a New York prison cell a month later while awaiting trail.
The latest ruling comes a day after another judge made a similar ruling in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 for her role in facilitating Epstein's abuse.
Judge Berman in August had denied a previous justice department request to unseal the grand jury materials, saying he had concerns about "possible threats to victims' safety and privacy".
