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Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell records in sex trafficking case
- 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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U.S. judge grants request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell case records
A federal judge in New York has granted the Justice Department’s request to publicly release grand jury transcripts and other material from the sex trafficking case involving Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and confidant.
·Canada
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Documents include transcripts, financial records and victim interview notes, which will be released after the court order
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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A U.S. judge has allowed the publication of files from the trial against the Epstein Complicin Ghislaine Maxwell. Background is a new law of transparency to the Epstein documents. Critics suspect a diversion.
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