A federal judge in the United States has ordered the release of transcripts from the grand jury in charge of the Florida investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Ministry of Justice requested this The texts were declassified after Donald Trump He will sign on … Last month, a law was passed requiring the publication of all files related to Epstein.
The content of grand jury investigations often remains secret. Justice had previously rejected a request from the Department of Justice to declassify transcripts of the Epstein case in Florida.
This time, US District Judge Rodney Smith said on Friday that the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed despite Trump’s initial opposition, requires their disclosure.
Epstein He pleaded guilty in Florida in 2008 The state charged him with soliciting the services of a minor for the purposes of prostitution.
Financier He was arrested again in 2019 on charges of sex trafficking of minors. Epstein committed suicide while in pretrial detention in a New York prison.
The Justice Department is also demanding the release of grand jury transcripts from the New York case and the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for Epstein trafficking minors.
Trump, who was once a close friend of Epstein, He struggled for months to prevent the publication of these files.
However, on November 19, he bowed to pressure from fellow Republicans in Congress.