A federal judge has ordered the US Justice Department to either release or explain why it continues to withhold FBI documents linked to allegations made by a woman who claimed that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump when she was 13 years old.
The ruling, issued by US District Judge Emmet Sullivan, gives the government until 2 July to comply and marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle over the release of millions of pages of Epstein-related records. Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations, while the White House has insisted that previous investigations found no evidence of wrongdoing.
