Second Judge Orders Release of Epstein Grand Jury Materials (1)

A federal judge in New York ordered the release of grand jury materials from the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein at the request of the US government.

US District Judge Richard Berman’s decision on Wednesday follows a similar ruling from a judge in Florida, who ordered the unsealing of grand jury materials from an earlier probe into Epstein. A separate judge in New York also ordered the release of grand jury materials from the investigation into Epstein’s associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

All three judges had previously denied a request by the government to allow the release of grand ...