(MENAFN) The US Justice Department has requested that two judges in the Southern District of New York approve the release of grand jury records and exhibits from the prosecutions of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, ahead of a 30-day deadline for disclosure.

Attorney Jay Clayton, appointed by the US Attorney General to investigate Democrats linked to Epstein, filed a motion asking the judges in both cases to permit the publication of redacted grand jury materials, according to reports.

The motion stated, “In the light of the (Epstein Files Transparency) Act’s clear mandate, the Court should authorize the Department of Justice to release the grand jury transcripts and exhibits and modify any preexisting protective orders that would otherwise prevent public disclosure by the Government of materials the disclosure of which is required by the Act.”

The legislation referenced in the motion was recently signed into law by President Donald Trump.

Epstein died in his New York City jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial. He had previously pleaded guilty and was convicted in 2008 of procuring a minor for prostitution.

Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 for facilitating Epstein’s abuse of underage girls, some as young as 14, and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in June 2022. The US Supreme Court rejected Maxwell’s attempt in October of this year to overturn her conviction on charges of grooming young girls for Epstein.

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