Washington — A federal judge in New York has granted a request from the Justice Department to unseal more files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a brief four-page ruling on Wednesday, Judge Richard Berman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered the unsealing of grand jury materials as well as investigative records, documents and communications from the Justice Department's 2019 investigation into Epstein.

Berman is the third federal judge in a week to grant similar requests from the Justice Department, weeks after President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which directs the department to disclose records related to past investigations into Epstein and his co-conspirator and friend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

On Tuesday, an

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