Judge Orders Unsealing of 2016 Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Act
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Updated · courthousenews.com · Aug 12
Judge Orders Unsealing of 2016 Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Act
3 articles · Updated · courthousenews.com · Aug 12
Summary
U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered sealed materials tied to Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2016 civil deposition and the Epstein probe made public, rejecting her bid to keep them hidden.
The ruling granted the Trump Justice Department’s request under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, with Preska saying Maxwell’s procedural, statutory and constitutional objections were meritless and allowing only victim-protecting redactions.
The records came from Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 defamation suit against Maxwell, whose 2016 testimony later led prosecutors to add perjury counts that were ultimately dropped if her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction stood.
Congress passed the transparency law nearly unanimously last November, and Trump said the Justice Department had already turned over 50,000 pages on Epstein to Congress, widening pressure for more disclosures.