The clock is ticking on the deadline for the Department of Justice to release its files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Last month, President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law after both chambers of Congress backed the legislation. It requires the Department of Justice to release most of its files related to investigations of Epstein within 30 days.
Since then, a string of court rulings has ordered the publication of some documents about Epstein. On Dec. 10, a U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan ruled to release records from a grand jury investigation into Epstein. A day prior, another judge granted a similar request in the case of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Bipartisan leaders have hoped the disclosure of materials on Epstein could shed more light on his ties to rich and powerful people. Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges.
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