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The depositions ordered unsealed on Tuesday pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act formed the basis for two since-dismissed perjury counts of a superseding indictment brought against Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime sex trafficking partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.

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... Against the objections of convicted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, a New York federal judge granted the Trump Justice Department's request Tuesday to unseal grand jury materials turned over by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP during the federal investigation that led to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 arrest on sex trafficking charges.

"As noted above, Maxwell has lodged a veritable kitchen sink of objections to the government's request to publish the sealed materials in compliance with the Act," U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska wrote in her opinion, granting the unsealing of previously-subpoenaed material from a privately settled civil defamation case against Epstein's former girlfriend, pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump late last year.

"The court finds that all of Maxwell's objections are meritless and that, in light of the Act, any remaining materials in the Government's possession should become part of the public record, subject to any victim-protecting redactions authorized by the Act," Preska wrote. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-12 01:04 PM | Reply

@#1 ... the Trump Justice Department's request Tuesday to unseal grand jury materials ...

An AG Blanche diversion attempt to draw attention away from the real Epstein files?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-12 01:04 PM | Reply

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