A federal judge in New York has authorized the Justice Department to release grand jury materials from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, a major advance in the government’s court-ordered effort to disclose long-hidden records tied to the deceased and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued the order Tuesday, reversing his prior stance after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act last month. The statute compels the DOJ to publish all unclassified records connected to Epstein and Maxwell by Dec. 19, superseding the near-absolute secrecy protections traditionally applied to federal grand jury proceedings.