JUDGE: Justice Department Can Unseal Records From Epstein’s 2019 Sex Trafficking Case
Dec 10, 2025
Epstein MGNNEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ruled secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public.
The judge Wednesday joined two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financi
er’s sexual abuse.
U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman in New York reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Epstein and his longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell.
The judge previously cautioned the 70 or so pages of grand jury materials slated for release are hardly revelatory.
On Tuesday, another Manhattan federal judge ordered the release of records from Maxwell’s 2021 case.
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