New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The Justice Department on Friday made public additional records from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, continuing disclosures required under a law aimed at shedding light on what the government knew about the wealthy financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his connections with influential figures.

The records were released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law passed after months of public and political pressure that mandates the government to make public its files on the late financier and his associate and former partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department has released more than 3 million pages of documents as part of the latest disclosure related to Ep...