Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

A federal judge in Florida on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. 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 known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed last month by President Donald Trump.