US EditionEpstein, Florida Judge Orders the Publication of the First Investigations
The Epstein Files Transparency Act compels release of unsealed grand jury transcripts and investigative materials from Florida cases within 30 days, ensuring public access to long-secret documents.
- On Dec 05, 2025, Judge Rodney Smith ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from Epstein's Florida investigations, with some materials to be made public in the coming weeks.
- Overriding grand‑jury secrecy, the new law requires agencies to prepare records for public release; the Epstein Files Transparency Act of 2025, signed last month by President Donald Trump, overrides Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6 and compels release by Dec. 19.
- The Justice Department had asked courts to unseal records from multiple Epstein probes, and Judge Smith's order instructs lifting protective orders and redacting victims' information before release.
- The Justice Department can withhold files it says could jeopardize active federal investigations or national defense, while victims, Epstein's estate and Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys warned of potential harm and judges plan quick rulings with case-by-case protections.
- The Florida files date back to 2005 and concluded with a 2008 plea deal widely seen as lenient, while judges in Florida and New York have noted transcripts may not reveal substantial new information.
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Federal judge in Florida orders release of long-hidden Epstein grand jury documents
After the nearly unanimous passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act last month, many have wondered what other files and information have yet to be disclosed amid the heated controversy over the Epstein files.A federal judge in Florida just ordered the release of grand jury documents from an old case against Epstein, defying past orders not to release them. US District Judge Rodney Smith argued that a recent law now takes precedence over the…
Epstein grand jury documents from Florida can be released by DOJ, judge rules
A federal judge on Friday gave the Justice Department permission to release transcripts of a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of underage girls in Florida — a case that ultimately ended without any federal charges being filed against the millionaire sex offender. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to Epstein overrode the usual rules about grand jury sec…
We Need More Moral Outrage About Epstein’s and Trump’s Crimes
Republished with permission from Lucian K. Truscott IV I had intended to write a column tonight about the pending release of the Epstein grand jury materials from Florida, where he was investigated, but not federally indicted, for crimes including soliciting minor girls for sex. Here is the problem I ran into right in front of me in the last phrase of that sentence…soliciting minor girls for sex. What was I doing looking up information about wha…
Federal Judge Rodney Smith ordered the disclosure of all documents of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein in 2005 and 2007. The same request was rejected earlier this year.
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