The Department of Justice again requested the release of grand jury materials in the Jeffrey Epstein case in federal court on Monday , the Associated Press reported.

The request comes after the nearly unanimous House and Senate vote last week to release the files, with the DOJ saying Monday that Congress has made it clear it approves the release of the documents.

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton signed the request Monday in Manhattan federal court following the approval of President Donald Trump. According to the DOJ, the vote approving the Epstein Files Transparency Act overrides the law that previously prohibited the unsealing of the records.

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Disgraced financier Epstein died by suicide in a New York federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of se

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