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A federal judge on Aug. 20 turned down the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to unseal materials from the grand jury that indicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that officials had failed to justify unsealing the secret documents.

Grand jury materials are typically kept private. Exceptions outlined in federal rules allow the unsealing of materials, and there are special circumstances, including public interest, that can enable the unsealing outside the exceptions.

Officials with the DOJ recently asked U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who is overseeing the case, to unseal the grand jury transcripts and exhibits from the investigation into Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial, and a co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. They said that the immense public interest in the case should prompt the unsealing.

"This Court should conclude that the Epstein and Maxwell cases qualify as a matter of public interest, release the associated grand jury transcripts, and lift any preexisting protective orders," officials <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26069932-motion-to-unseal-in-00490/">said</a> in a motion.

Berman <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26069919-berman-order-00490/">said</a> in a 14-page decision that he ruled against the release of the materials because of "possible threats to victims' safety and privacy," noting a letter from attorneys for victims opposing the release.

He also said that the government could release many files itself but has chosen against that path.

The DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-releases-first-phase-declassified-epstein-files">said</a> in February, when releasing some declassified files, that it "remains committed to transparency and intends to release the remaining documents upon review and redaction to protect the identities of Epstein’s victims." In July, the DOJ and FBI <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/doj-fbi-find-epstein-committed-suicide-had-no-client-list-5883807">said</a> in a joint memorandum that "no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted."

President Donald Trump then directed the DOJ to seek the unsealing of the grand jury materials.

"The Government is the logical party to make comprehensive disclosure to the public of the Epstein files," Berman said. "By comparison, the instant grand jury motion appears to be a 'diversion' from the breadth and scope of the Epstein files in the Government's possession. The grand jury testimony is a hearsay snippet of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged conduct."

The government's assertions of public interest are also legally insufficient, the judge said.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer on Aug. 11 <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-rejects-government-bid-to-unseal-material-related-to-jeffrey-epstein-5899641">denied</a> a similar motion in Maxwell's case, finding that granting the motion "would bloat the ‘special circumstances’ doctrine, which to date has warranted disclosure in only a tiny number of cases, all involving unique testimony by firsthand witnesses to events of obvious public or historical moment."

And a federal judge in Florida in July <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-denies-doj-request-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-5891582">rejected</a> a motion to unseal transcripts from the first probe into Epstein, finding that court precedent did not allow her to grant the request.

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-denies-doj-request-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-2-post-5903762">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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