The ruling could lead to the most expansive look yet at the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of grand jury records on Jeffrey Epstein, in the latest move by a court to release documents related to the convicted sex offender.

NEW YORK >> A judge today granted the Justice Department’s latest request to unseal records of the federal grand jury investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the wake of a new law requiring the department to release all its Epstein files by Dec. 19.