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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,060 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2025, 02:34 PM 13 hrs ago

I'm Suing the DOJ for ALL the Epstein Grand Jury Material

Allison Gill

Ever since Pam Bondi and the FBI announced that there’d be no release of the Epstein files because they don’t exist, the seeming cover-up has stayed at the top of the news cycle. So much so that Trump Streisanded himself by continuing to complain about it. The continuous onslaught of media attention eventually led him to post on his own social media platform that he had asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to release some of the files. Last Thursday he posted the following:

“Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.”

Shortly thereafter, I had a chat with Kel McClanahan at National Security Counselors, wondering if both the President and the Attorney General say that urgent release is in the public interest, who are we to question that? So he filed the following expedited FOIA request on behalf of my podcast media company:

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The purpose of this FOIA is two-fold: first, we are asking for ALL the transcripts, not just the “pertinent” ones - putting it back on the government to determine what’s “pertinent” and second, having to justify it to the court.

https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/im-suing-the-doj-for-all-the-epstein

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I'm Suing the DOJ for ALL the Epstein Grand Jury Material (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago OP

The "public interest" isn't a ground specified in Federa Rule of Criminal Procedure 6e rsdsharp 13 hrs ago #1

Those transcripts, which could take weeks to release, would constitute only a fraction of the evidence the FBI has. LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #2

rsdsharp

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1. The "public interest" isn't a ground specified in Federa Rule of Criminal Procedure 6e

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 02:54 PM

13 hrs ago

for the release of Grand Jury matters.

LetMyPeopleVote

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2. Those transcripts, which could take weeks to release, would constitute only a fraction of the evidence the FBI has.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 04:34 PM

11 hrs ago

This is a stunt which would not include the vast majority of the file on Epstein. First, it is highly unlikely that the court will release these files given the appeal by Maxwell. The material in these transcripts are a very tiny part of the material in the FBI/DOJ possession.

This is a stunt to try to take pressure off trump.

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/18/bondi-epstein-files-documents-grand-jury-testimony-doj/

The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal court to release grand jury transcripts connected to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein, responding to a growing political outcry over the agency’s unfulfilled promise to release more details on the government’s investigation of his alleged sex-trafficking of minors......

A judge would have to agree to release them, a process that could take weeks or months. Even then, their disclosure is by no means certain. Grand jury records are shielded by secrecy rules to protect crime victims, witnesses and the accused, and are made public only under limited circumstances......

The sealed transcripts would constitute only a fraction of the evidence and investigative material that the FBI amassed during its years-long investigation. The transcripts are unlikely to fully satisfy Trump’s right-wing base, which continues to call for full transparency surrounding the investigation.

“It is generally a very, very small portion of any investigative file,” said Christopher O’Leary, who spent more than two decades as an FBI counterterrorism agent.

The full extent of what remains under wraps is unclear. Thousands of pages of documents related to the Epstein investigation have already been released through lawsuits, court filings, public records requests and the Justice Department’s prosecution of Maxwell......

As recently as last year, the younger Comey had sought in court to keep records pertaining to some aspects of the Epstein investigation under wraps in a suit brought by the gossip website Radar Online seeking FBI records. Comey pushed against making those documents public in a January 2024 court filing, saying it could interfere with Maxwell’s ongoing appeal of her conviction and subject victims and witnesses to “embarrassment and potential harassment.”

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