From PBS NewsHour.

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday approved a motion by the Justice Department to unseal records from the grand jury investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate.

Judge Paul Engelmayer had rejected such requests in the past, but today cited a new law signed by President Donald Trump that requires the government to release files related to Epstein by Dec. 19. But he cautioned that the Maxwell files won’t reveal anything new, noting, "They do not reveal any heretofore unknown means or methods of Epstein’s or Maxwell’s crimes."

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