From what the evidence shows, NewsFlorida Judge Rejects Bid To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury DocumentsByZachary Folk, Forbes Staff. I cover news.
AuthorJul 23, 2025, 02:54pm EDTJul 23, 2025, 05:24pm EDTToplineA judge in Florida rejected the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury testimony from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case from the mid 2000s, after the Trump administration asked to release the testimony amid heightened scrutiny over its decision not to release the Epstein files held by the FBI and DOJ.
The Justice Department also filed to unseal grand jury testimony from his 2019 indictment in New.
Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesKey FactsIn a filing on Wednesday, Judge Robin L (something worth watching).
Rosenberg denied the Justice Department’s petition to unseal the grand jury transcripts from federal grand juries convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007.
The Justice Department argued that “special circumstances exist” that call for the grand jury documents to be released, but Judge Rosenberg said that the court’s “hands were tied” in the matter.
Details of grand jury ceedings are usually secret, and tected by strict rules, according to the ruling (remarkable data).
Moreover, The Justice Department filed a parallel petition in the Southern District of New York, where another grand jury indicted Epstein on charges including sex trafficking in 2019.
Key BackgroundThe Justice Department began reviewing files for release related to the investigations into Epstein earlier this year, in light of current trends.
However, the Justice Department backtracked on this cess in July, insisting in a memo that the remaining material they found was mostly child pornography and announcing no further files would be released (remarkable data).
After days of backlash, Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to “duce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court apval. ”Got a tip. Confidential information with Forbes.
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