Grand jury transcripts from Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released

Audrey Strauss, acting United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in July 2 2020 in New York to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein (John Minchillo/AP)

A federal judge in Florida has ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

US District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury.