Judge says Ghislaine Maxwell court documents can be released as part of the push for information on Jeffrey Epstein

US District Court for the Southern District of New York via CNN Newsource

NEW YORK -- A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from the investigation and criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell.

The ruling from Judge Paul Engelmayer opens the door for the department to publicly release evidence it had gathered against Maxwell, an associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The trove of documents, which will be redacted to protect victims’ identities and other identifiable information, includes grand jury transcripts, financial records, travel documents, and notes from victim interviews obtained during the investigations.

It is not yet clear when the department plans to make the documents public or how much of the material wil