{"id":73001,"date":"2025-12-05T22:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/73001\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:01:10","slug":"live-updates-transcripts-from-epstein-investigation-in-florida-ordered-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/73001\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Transcripts from Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal judge on Friday gave the Justice Department permission to release transcripts<\/a> of a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s abuse<\/a> of underage girls in Florida \u2014 a case that ultimately ended without any federal charges being filed against the millionaire sex offender.<\/p>\n

U.S. 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.<\/p>\n

The law signed last month by President Donald Trump<\/a> compels the Justice Department, FBI and federal prosecutors to release later this month the vast troves of material they have amassed during investigations into Epstein.<\/p>\n

When the documents will be released is unknown. The government had asked the court for permission to include the usually secret grand jury records in the files they are required to make public under the new federal law, known as the Epstein Files Transparency Act<\/a>. The Justice Department hasn\u2019t set a timetable for when it plans to start releasing information, but the law set a deadline of Dec. 19.<\/p>\n

Other news we\u2019re following: <\/p>\n

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