Monday, August 11, 2025

Fed Judge Rejects Trump Bid to Unseal Grand Jury Materials

A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury materials from the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case.

The Justice Department has sought to release grand jury testimony and exhibits from cases involving Jeffrey Epstein in New York.

Judge Paul Engelmayer issued a scathing opinion, saying unsealing the materials in Maxwell's case is not a matter of historical or public interest and calling the premise of the DOJ's argument false.

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"The Court therefore denies the Government's motion to unseal at the threshold. Contrary to the Government's depiction, the Maxwell grand jury testimony is not a matter of significant historical or public interest. Far from it," Engelmayer wrote.

"Its entire premise " that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein's and Maxwell's crimes, or the Government's investigation into them " is demonstrably false," Engelmayer said."

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This is Trump willing to harm the victims in order to distract from his own problems.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-11 05:36 PM

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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-11 06:01 PM

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