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WASHINGTON DC, US (DEC. 19: The US Justice Department released thousands of records Friday related to the sex trafficking investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.The release came on the last day of the 30 days allowed by the Epstein Files Transparency Act -- legislation forcing the Justice Department action to release all documents related to the probe.More than 3,300 documents were initially released Friday and are available on the agency’s website.The Epstein Files Transparency Act took months to win approval in the House of Representatives after it was introduced by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna in July. President Donald Trump signed it into law Nov. 19 after it cleared the House and Senate with near unanimous support.While it requires the Trump administration to reveal all unclassified records related to the investigation into Epstein and Maxwell, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Justice Department would make a partial release of “several hundred thousand.”Blanche said that after the initial release that included photos and "other materials" related to the Epstein investigation, the Justice Department would "release more documents over the next couple of weeks."(Footage by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)