This undated trial evidence image obtained December 8, 2021, from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York shows Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. US District Court for the Southern District of New York

A federal judge in Florida ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and other records in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, paving the way for the public release of those documents.

In a two-page order, Judge Rodney Smith granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts and modify a protective order following the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act , which was signed into law last month. Earlier this year, the judge denied the unsealing request because of strict grand jury secrecy laws, known as Rule 6(e).

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