LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday. The law requires the Justice Department provide Epstein-related records to the public in a searchable format by Dec. 19. Engelmayer is the second judge to allow the Justice Department to publicly disclose previously secret Epstein court records. A request to release records from Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case is still pending. The Justice Department said Congress intended the unsealing when it passed the transparency act, which President Donald Trump signed into law last month.

Source: Huffington Post December 09, 2025 18:41 UTC