Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell records in sex trafficking case
Judge Engelmayer ordered unsealing of 18 categories of grand jury and investigative materials with privacy protections under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
- On Dec. 9, 2025, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ordered release of grand-jury transcripts and exhibits in Ghislaine Maxwell's case, allowing the Justice Department to publicly share investigative materials.
- Following earlier judicial refusals, the Justice Department said Congress intended unsealing when it passed the transparency act, signed last month by President Donald Trump.
- The department expanded its request to cover 18 categories of investigative materials, including search warrants and financial records from Palm Beach police and the U.S. attorney's office in Palm Beach, and shared evidence from Maxwell's 2021 trial.
- The ruling requires a victim-protection mechanism as Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ordered safeguards, the Justice Department said it will confer with survivors and redact records, and documents could be public within 10 days and searchable by Dec. 19.
- With tens of thousands of records already public, the Justice Department seeks hundreds or thousands of previously unreleased documents while Epstein's 2019 case request remains pending.
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