Ryan Lucas

Epstein died in a federal lockup there in 2019 while awaiting trial.

Now all three judges overseeing Epstein-related grand jury materials have signed off on making those records public.

while also ensuring that victim-related personal information remains protected.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress last month compels the Justice Department to release by December 19th nearly all of the investigative files of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In response to a department request,

U.S.

District Judge Richard Berman has approved the release of grand jury materials from the investigation into Epstein by federal prosecutors in New York.

Epstein died in a federal lockup there in 2019 while awaiting trial.

Now all three judges overseeing Epstein-related grand jury materials have signed off on making those records public.

while also ensuring that victim-related personal information remains protected.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The Justice Department in November asked a federal judge in New York to release the investigative materials from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Now, U.S.

District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer has granted that request and authorized the department to publicly release the grand jury materials as well as the investigative records while redacting personally identifiable or other victim-related information.

A similar request to make public investigative records from Epstein's prosecution in New York is still pending before a different federal judge.

Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking and other offenses.

Epstein died in a federal lockup in 2019.

Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.

The ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed their lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan.