Judge denies DOJ bid to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, AUG 11 – Judge Paul Engelmayer ruled no special circumstances justify unsealing grand jury transcripts in Maxwell's case, denying Justice Department's request amid public interest.
- A U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Engelmayer denied the Justice Department's request to release grand jury transcripts related to Ghislaine Maxwell, asserting that there were no 'special circumstances' justifying their unsealing.
- Engelmayer stated that the grand jury materials provided no new insight into Epstein or Maxwell's crimes, nor into Epstein's death.
- The Justice Department had sought to unseal the transcripts following public backlash over its handling of Epstein-related documents.
- Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in a sex-trafficking scheme related to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Judge Denies Move to Unseal Ghislaine Maxwell Transcripts
Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell won't be released, a judge decided Monday. As the AP reports, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that the government had suggested that the materials could...
A U.S. federal judge rejected Monday's request by the Department of Justice to declassify the records of the grand jury who accused Ghislaine Maxwell, the pedophile's procurer Jeffrey Epstein, for sex trafficking offences, claiming that the documents do not answer the public's questions about her crimes or about Epstein's death, who committed suicide in her cell in August 2019 although many Republicans defend conspiracy theories about suicide.Co…
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