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hookaleft

(1,037 posts)
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 04:43 PM Jul 23

Judge denies DOJ request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida

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Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida ruled Wednesday that its "hands are tied" in releasing federal grand jury transcripts from 2005 and 2007 in connection with an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

The ruling was separate from a request that the Justice Department has pending related to a grand jury in the Southern District of New York, where Epstein was ultimately indicted. Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting trial in New York. His accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in 2021 and is now serving a 20-year sentence.

In the Florida case, U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg said that, though the government believes special circumstances exist and the policy reasons for grand jury secrecy have expired, its rationale "are no exceptions" to grand jury secrecy.

The New York Times was first to report on the ruling.

The government, Rosenberg wrote, "has effectively conceded that the Court's hands are tied" because of a binding precedent by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-denies-doj-request-unseal-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-rcna220607

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Judge denies DOJ request to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida (Original Post) hookaleft Jul 23 OP
WTF........................ Lovie777 Jul 23 #1
Nah, it's an attempt to avoid releasing the entire file Attilatheblond Jul 23 #3
This isn't unexpected. Mz Pip Jul 23 #2
Yep, it was all a PR move to damp down the base's outrage. Now he'll blow this up to blame the judge to his base. If ancianita Jul 23 #4
Locking. Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143500701 GP6971 Jul 23 #5

Lovie777

(19,474 posts)
1. WTF........................
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 04:52 PM
Jul 23

DOJ acting very suspicious.

Attilatheblond

(6,779 posts)
3. Nah, it's an attempt to avoid releasing the entire file
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:14 PM
Jul 23

Grand Jury testimony would not be the whole story. It's an attempt to CYA for Bondi & The Felon.

Mz Pip

(28,174 posts)
2. This isn't unexpected.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:02 PM
Jul 23

Judges are not going to release Grand Jury files. Secret means secret.

I suspect Trump knew this so he knew he’d be safe requesting they be released.

ancianita

(41,183 posts)
4. Yep, it was all a PR move to damp down the base's outrage. Now he'll blow this up to blame the judge to his base. If
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:36 PM
Jul 23

they've paid attention to the news, they won't be fooled, and he can't make this go away.

GP6971

(36,005 posts)
5. Locking. Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143500701
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:25 PM
Jul 23
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