A Democrat-aligned federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s bid to unseal grand jury materials from the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell child trafficking cases.
The move blocks the public from seeing potentially explosive evidence that prosecutors admitted could contain additional names.
In a 31-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, a Barack Obama appointee, dismissed the DOJ’s motion.
The activist judge claims the sealed records “do not contain significant, undisclosed information” about the crimes or the investigation.
Engelmayer said the grand juries in question weren’t even used for investigative purposes and heard no testimony from victims, eyewitnesses, or suspects; only from law enforcement officials.
The panels met for just one day each, serving the “quotidian purpose” of issuing indictments.
The judge acknowledged that “with only very minor exceptions,” the evidence shown to the grand juries is already part of the public record.
Federal prosecutors also sought to unseal exhibits shown to the grand jurors.
The materials are widely believed to include more names connected to Epstein and Maxwell.
Engelmayer rejected that request as well, writing:
“The materials do not identify any person other than Epstein and Maxwell as having had sexual contact with a minor.
“They do not discuss or identify any client of Epstein’s or Maxwell’s.
“They do not reveal any heretofore unknown means or methods of Epstein’s or Maxwell’s crimes.”
He further noted the records don’t shed light on Epstein’s suspicious death, the origin of his wealth, or the government’s investigative path.
Prosecutors had asked to notify anyone whose name would be revealed before making the documents public, citing “intense public interest” in the case.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping Epstein traffic underage girls, but is appealing her conviction.
She has recently signaled she’s open to speaking with Congress and the DOJ.
Epstein, a convicted sex offender with deep connections to global elites, was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019 before facing trial.
His death was officially ruled a suicide, but that conclusion has been publicly disputed, including by his own brother.
For now, any additional names linked to one of the most high-profile sex trafficking cases in U.S. history will remain shielded from public view.
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