The judge sided with Katie Phang, who sued acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for access to redacted information in the Epstein files.

A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can't do so.

A federal judge ruled that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche did not “respond substantively” to arguments that he had violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act.