US EditionGrand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released
The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires release of all unclassified grand jury materials by Dec. 19, overriding secrecy rules, ordered by a Florida federal judge.
- 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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Invoking New Law, Judge OKs Epstein Transcripts Release
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 multimillionaire sex offender. US District Judge Rodney Smith said that...
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A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the lifting of judicial secrecy on proceedings against sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein in Florida, where he was sentenced to imprisonment in 2008.
Federal Judge Grants DOJ Request to Release Epstein Grand Jury Documents.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking cases, citing a new federal law.WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. District Court Judge Rodney Smith, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the Justice Department.WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was made on Friday in Florida, with a December 19 deadline for full compliance under the Epstein Files Trans…
A Florida federal judge authorized Friday's disclosure of the grand jury transcripts of investigations conducted in Florida between 2006 and 2007, on the sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and his former partner Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the recently enacted federal law nullifying secrecy protections around the financier. District judge Rodney Smith granted the U.S. Department of Justice's request for the material, after Congress passed a …
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