A US federal judge in New York has ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case. US District Judge Richard Berman reversed his previous decision to keep these files secret. He cited a new law passed by Congress that requires the DOJ to publish the documents by the end of next week. Jeffrey Epstein was charged with sex trafficking in July 2019. He died in a New York prison cell one month later while waiting for trial. This ruling follows a similar decision in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 for helping Epstein abuse victims. More details on this story will be published soon.