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A federal judge on Wednesday denied a Department of Justice request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to a mid-2000s criminal investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned a federal court in Florida to release the transcripts of testimony from witnesses who appeared before a grand jury in the first case against Epstein.

In a 12-page <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.693993/gov.uscourts.flsd.693993.4.0.pdf">order</a> on July 23, U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg denied the government’s petition to unseal those transcripts, adding that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit doesn’t permit her court to grant such a request. She said that arguments brought by the DOJ were not sufficient to comply with an exception to the rules.

The government had not requested the grand jury testimony for use in any judicial proceeding, Rosenberg wrote, saying that district courts are usually barred from unsealing grand jury testimony under most circumstances.

“Eleventh Circuit law does not permit this Court to grant the Government’s request; the Court’s hands are tied—a point the Government concedes,” the judge wrote.

The DOJ’s request stemmed from federal investigations into Epstein in 2005 and 2007, according to court papers.

Epstein was convicted and sentenced in 2008 in a Florida state court of procuring a child for prostitution and of soliciting a prostitute after pleading guilty.

He was later arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2019, while his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced in a separate case in 2022 after she was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offenses. He was found dead in his New York jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019 in what was ruled a suicide.

Requests to unseal transcripts in Manhattan federal court related to the indictment brought against Epstein and Maxwell were also submitted by the DOJ this month.

In that bid, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.789.0.pdf">wrote</a> on July 22 that he would quickly issue a ruling on the petition but needs more information.

“The Court intends to resolve this motion expeditiously,” Engelmayer said in a four-page order. “However, the Court cannot rule on the motion without additional submissions.”

President Donald Trump this past week said that he’d ordered U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of additional Epstein documents and other material.

Some Republicans and Democrats have pushed the Trump administration to release documents and evidence related to the Epstein case.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on July 22 said that he would seek to interview Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison term.

“President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Blanche <a href="https://x.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/1947623916538617946">said</a> in a statement reposted by Bondi on X.

A lawyer for Maxwell, David Oscar Markus, responded in a <a href="https://x.com/domarkus/status/1947635346470015113">post</a> on social media that his client would be receptive to the meeting. Earlier this year, Maxwell petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case.

“I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully. We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case,” Markus said.

Responding to Blanche’s announcement about interviewing Maxwell, Trump told reporters in the White House on July 22 that he believes such a decision is appropriate.

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-denies-doj-request-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-5891582">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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