A federal judge has given the US Justice Department permission to release transcripts of a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of under-age girls in Florida – a case that ultimately ended without any federal charges being filed against the millionaire sex offender.

US District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to Epstein overrode the usual rules about grand jury secrecy.

The law signed in November by US President Donald Trump compels the Justice Department, FBI and federal prosecutors to release later this month the vast troves of material they have amassed during investigations into Epstein that date back at least two decades.

Friday’s court ruling dealt with the earliest known federal inquiry.

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