A federal judge in New York has authorized the Justice Department to release grand jury materials from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell , a major advance in the government’s court-ordered effort to disclose long-hidden records tied to the deceased and disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein .

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued the order Tuesday, reversing his prior stance after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act last month . The statute compels the DOJ to publish all unclassified records connected to Epstein and Maxwell by Dec. 19, superseding the near-absolute secrecy protections traditionally applied to federal grand jury proceedings.

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