A federal pass judgement on in Florida denied one in all 3 Justice Division requests to unseal grand jury information tied to federal investigations into Epstein, consistent with a public order launched Wednesday.
The request is one in all 3 made by way of the Justice Division to judges in New York and Florida in the hunt for to unseal information from federal investigations into Epstein.
This photograph supplied by way of the New York State Intercourse Perpetrator Registry presentations Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.
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In line with the order by way of District Pass judgement on Robin Rosenberg, the information the dept sought to unseal associated with grand juries convened in West Palm Seashore in 2005 and 2007 that had investigated Epstein.
Pass judgement on Rosenberg faulted the Justice Division for failing to stipulate enough arguments to justify the unsealing of the information, that are typically safe beneath strict secrecy laws.
Rosenberg’s opinion states her “palms are tied” given present precedent within the 11th Circuit Courtroom of Appeals which best lets in the disclosure of such grand jury fabrics beneath slender exceptions.
She additional denied a request to switch the problem into the jurisdiction of the Southern District of New York, the place two judges are one by one mulling over identical motions from the dept in the hunt for to unseal grand jury information tied to Epstein and his longtime affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell.
A Justice Division spokesperson didn’t in an instant reply to a request for remark at the order.
In the meantime, a federal pass judgement on in New York denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to check grand jury testimony associated with Epstein.
“It’s black-letter legislation that defendants usually aren’t entitled to get admission to to grand jury fabrics,” U.S. District Pass judgement on Paul Engelmayer wrote.
Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi speaks all over a information convention with President Donald Trump within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Area, June 27, 2025, in Washington.
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Maxwell’s legal professionals asked get admission to to the delicate grand jury information to resolve if Maxwell would take a place at the information’ unlock.
Pass judgement on Engelmayer wrote that there is not any “compelling necessity” for Maxwell to check the information. An objection from Maxwell into unsealing the information may additional complicate the method of doubtless liberating the information.
“She has no longer proven, or tried to turn, that the grand jury fabrics in her case are apt to show any deficiency within the complaints resulting in her indictment,” he wrote.
Pass judgement on Engelmayer famous that he plans to “expeditiously” overview the transcripts himself and would believe offering an excerpt or synopsis to Maxwell’s legal professionals.
