DOJ urges release of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury info in new filings

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell listens to her sentencing from Judge Alison Nathan in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S

Jane Rosenberg | ReutersThe Department of Justice in late-night court filings on Tuesday gave federal judges additional information as part of its efforts to get grand jury ceedings related to notorious sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell unsealed.The DOJ told the judges that it has now notified all but one of the victims mentioned in those grand jury transcripts.Manhattan District Judge Paul Engelmayer last week had pointedly noted that the DOJ may not have notified Epstein and Maxwell's victims before it first asked him and another judge to unseal those transcripts in the face of pressure on the Trump administration to release information the investigations.The DOJ earlier in July said it would not release information in the Epstein case files, reneging on multiple mises to do so.That announcement sparked a backlash that led the Trump administration to seek the release of the grand jury transcripts, and to have a top DOJ official last week interview Maxwell to ask her possible other abusers."Before filing the motions to unseal, relevant counsel for the Government reviewed the Epstein and Maxwell grand jury transcripts," the DOJ said in Tuesday night's filings in Manhattan federal court."In addition, the Government has now vided notice to all but one of the victims who are referenced in the grand jury transcripts at issue in this motion," the filings said."The Government has attempted to the remaining victim, but such efforts have been unsuccessful

In addition, the Government is in the cess of viding notice to any other individuals identified in the transcripts."The filings went to Engelmayer, who oversees Maxwell's criminal case, and Judge Richard Berman, who oversees Epstein's case.The filings elaborate on the DOJ's initial request to unseal the grand jury transcripts, which are normally kept secret."There is undoubtedly a ly expressed interest from the public in Jeffrey Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes," the filings said.Read more CNBC coverageTrump says Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago spaEPA seeks to repeal finding that carbon dioxide emissions threaten public healthNegotiators say Trump apval needed to extend U.S.-China tariff pauseLutnick: Trump trade, tariff deals with all but China will be 'done by Friday'Trump's trade deals for 'the world' will be 'done by Friday,' but China will take longer: LutnickTrade court won't reinstate tariff exemption on low-value 'de-minimis' shipments, for nowJudge rejects bid by Trump ally to open Fed interest rate meeting to the publicTrump seeks quick deposition of Rupert Murdoch in Jeffrey Epstein letter defamation caseTrump says he cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein because 'he stole people who worked for me'Global baseline tariff will ly be 15% to 20%: Trump"Beyond that, there is abundant public interest in the investigative work conducted by the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into those crimes."The filings also said that the only witness who testified to the grand jury that indicted Epstein on child sex trafficking charges was an FBI agent

Epstein killed himself in August 2019 in a federal jail weeks after being arrested on those charges.The filings said that the same FBI agent and a New York police officer assigned to an FBI task force were the only witnesses who testified to the other grand jury that indicted Maxwell on sex crime charges.The witnesses in both grand jury ceedings told jurors the statements of other people, including victims of Epstein and Maxwell