Trump administration on Wednesday Facing your third rejection Request to ignore the grand jury content in cases related to late sexual criminal and financially Jeffrey Epstein.
In response to the increasing pressure from the base of President Trump to increase transparency, the Department of Justice filed a petition to ignore the secret grand jury content from three separate cases related to Epstein and his colleague Ghishlain Maxwell across Florida and New York.
But every request was rejected, as the federal judges cited lack of adequate justification, potential risk for victims and lack of new information that would make further disclosure correct.
Here is a group of regulations from matters and federal judges:
Epstein’s 2019 federal case in New York
US District Judge Richard Burman on Wednesday Doj’s dialect rejected To ignore the material in the 2019 federal case against Epstein.
He said that under the seal, there is a “clear example and sound objective” to keep the grand jury records and said that the government has failed to show Epstein’s papers that any “special situation” displays, which justifies their release.
The judge also criticized the government’s request as a “diversion”, given that 70-pages of the Grand Jury content are not compared to more than 100,000 pages in the government’s possession with their investigation on their investigation.
The judge wrote in a 14-page judgment, “Epstein tape the information contained in the Epstein Grand Jury tapes the tables compared to the content in the hands of the Epstein probe and content.”
The judge wrote, “The government is a logical party to make wide disclosure to the people of Epstein files.” “Comparatively, immediately grand jury speed appears to be a ‘diversion’ from the width of Epstein files and a circle in the government’s possession.”
Maxwell’s federal case in New York
Earlier this month, US District Judge Paul Angelmeyer, Refused to request justice department To ignore the grand jury content used to charge Maxwell.
Angelmeyer wrote in a judgment that Maxwell Grand Jury testimony is “far” in terms of important historical or public interest, saying, “there is no” there. ,
“This includes Horticulture Summary Summary Testimulation by two law enforcement agents,” Angelmier wrote. “And the information involved in it is already a matter of a long -long public record.”
Maxwell opposed ignorance, while the representatives of Epstein’s property did not take any situation. Many of his victims also presented letters to the court, who usually supported ignorance, but raised concerns about the motivations of the government.
The judge said that on Monday he reviewed the letters, but he was based on the wrong basis of the administration that the documents would reveal new information. Engelmayer said that “the protesters were wrong.”
“In this case a colorful argument under that principle in this case, in fact, it will be exposed as the government’s public explanation,” Angelmeyer wrote.
Epstein’s 2005 and 2007 investigations in Florida
US District Judge Robin Rosenburg, last month, Refused to request justice department To release documents arising out of federal investigation at Epstein in Florida in 2005 and 2007.
Rosenberg wrote in a judgment in July, “The hands of the court are tied – a point that the government has accepted.”
Rosenberg said that the government’s request to ignore the documents did not give any exception to the rules that require a grand jury material to remain secret. He said that the appellate court set an example, who order the exceptions not covered by examples.
“The court cannot provide a request for disclosure until one of the five exceptions … applied,” he wrote.
