A federal judge in Florida has mandated the release of materials stemming from grand jury investigations into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged criminal activities in 2005 and 2007.

These inquiries eventually resulted in a controversial plea deal, often criticized as overly lenient, which saw Epstein admit guilt to state charges of felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring minors for prostitution. This deal also included a federal non-prosecution agreement.

Former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who later served as Secretary of Labor under President Donald J. Trump, orchestrated this agreement. The arrangement allowed Epstein to serve only 13 months in a state prison, with the privilege of up to 12 hours a day on work release.

Epstein passed away in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, with his death officially ruled a suicide.

Earlier this year, a different judge had denied the release of these grand jury documents. However, U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith has now overturned that decision, citing the recent enactment of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. This legislation requires the Department of Justice to disclose all records related to Epstein, as reported by NBC News.

It’s not clear when the materials will be released nor how much of it will be new. Prosecutors who charged Epstein in 2019 had access to the material, and much of it has emerged in civil lawsuits brought by Epstein’s victims.

The Epstein Transparency Act requires that the DOJ release materials related to Epstein and his former girlfriend and fellow trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in prison after her conviction in 2022. The DOJ has asked judges in New York to release files related to Epstein’s 2019 charges and Maxwell’s 2020 charges, and those cases are pending.

In its motion to have the files released, the DOJ said it would “work with the relevant United States Attorney’s Offices to make appropriate redactions of victim-related and other personal identifying information.”

The DOJ moved to have the transcripts unsealed earlier this year after it issued a memo saying all the material had been reviewed and no further charges would be filed nor would any material be released. The memo caused a furious reaction from the public in general as well as many elected officials and victims of Epstein and Maxwell.

That memo ultimately led to the Transparency Act, which was passed overwhelmingly in the House and Senate. The president, who had spent months fighting against releasing any further files, flipped in the final days of the fight and called for lawmakers to pass the bill. He then signed it, but only after pushing the DOJ to open an investigation into a handful of Democrats believed named in the files.