A judge's brutal rebuke of Trump's Epstein gambit

Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump pose for a photo together at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in 1997. (Davidoff Studios Photography/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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“(The administration’s) entire premise — that the Maxwell grand jury materials would bring to light meaningful new information about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes, or the Government’s investigation into them — is demonstrably false,” Engelmayer wrote.

He said he asked the administration to identify what information would be new, but it highlighted “only scattered words, clauses, and occasional sentences.” (The judge also said in a footnote that even some of that limited highlighted information was already covered by public testimony at Maxwell’s trial.)

Engelmayer said those familiar with the case “would thus learn next to nothing new,” and that the information contains no details about:

*Anyone besides Epstein and Maxwell having sex with a minor.
*Any supposed clients of Epstein’s.
*Any unknown “means or methods” of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s crimes.
*Any new places where the crimes occurred.
*“The path of the Government’s investigation.”
*Anything about the circumstances of Epstein’s death

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/epstein-files-judge-ruling-grand-jury-materials