"U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury. The law signed last month by President Donald Trump compels the Justice Department, FBI and federal prosecutors to release later this month the vast troves of material they have amassed during investigations into Epstein."
"The government had asked the court for permission to include the usually secret grand jury records in the files they are required to make public under the new federal law, known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act. However, the law also allows the Justice Department to withhold files that it says could jeopardize an active federal investigation. That's also longstanding Justice Department policy. Files can also be withheld if they're found to be classified or if they pertain to national defense or foreign policy."
A federal judge ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, saying a newly passed federal law overrides the rule prohibiting grand jury disclosures. The law, signed last month by President Donald Trump, requires the Justice Department, FBI and federal prosecutors to release troves of investigative material, with a statutory deadline of Dec. 19. The law permits withholding records that could jeopardize active investigations, are classified, or involve national defense or foreign policy. The Justice Department sought unsealing from three Epstein-related cases; the Florida request was approved and New York requests remain pending.
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