The Department of Justice is pushing to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases, citing overwhelming public interest following its controversial claim that no “Epstein client list” exists.
In a late-night court filing Tuesday, federal prosecutors revealed only two witnesses testified before the grand juries that indicted Epstein in 2019 and Maxwell in 2020 and 2021.
One was an FBI agent. The other was an NYPD detective assigned to the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.
The DOJ argued for limited unsealing, calling the crimes “abhorrent” and the interest “abundant.”
Prosecutors said the Epstein grand jury met in June and July 2019 and heard only from the FBI agent.
Maxwell’s grand jury convened in mid-2020 and again in March 2021, with the same agent testifying alongside the NYPD detective.
Victim accounts presented to the grand juries by these two agents were echoed at Maxwell’s 2021 trial and through civil suits filed against Epstein’s estate.
The DOJ confirmed that all but one of the victims named in the transcripts have been notified about potential disclosure, according to the New York Post.
President Donald Trump’s DOJ is asking the court to allow redacted versions of the transcripts, arguing that secrecy rules can be bypassed in cases of exceptional public importance.
“The magnitude and abhorrence of Epstein’s crimes” justifies making parts of the proceedings public, DOJ officials said.
Even if the judge agrees, the DOJ made clear the transcripts are just a sliver of the broader case files, which include over 300 gigabytes of material gathered from Epstein’s Manhattan, Palm Beach, and Virgin Islands properties.
In early July, the DOJ concluded its long-awaited review of the Epstein files, stating there is “no basis” to release more. The report claimed no client list exists and contained no new revelations, sparking public backlash.
Attorney General Pam Bondi previously told Fox News in February the DOJ had “juicy” files “sitting on my desk right now.” But the department has since refused to detail what’s in them, including disturbing videos said to depict child abuse.
Bondi’s walk-back came as new questions emerged about who appears in the files. According to the Wall Street Journal, DOJ officials privately told Trump in May that his name was mentioned. The context remains unclear.
Trump, who was once friendly with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s, told reporters Tuesday that he cut ties after discovering Epstein used Mar-a-Lago’s spa to target young women. “Taking people that work for me is bad,” Trump said.
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for aiding Epstein’s trafficking operation. She is appealing the conviction.
Last week, Judge Robin Rosenberg rejected a separate DOJ request to unseal grand jury records from Epstein’s 2008 Florida plea deal, which resulted in a light sentence and brief jail time despite serious charges.
Epstein died in 2019 while in federal custody, one month after his arrest in New York.
His death was ruled a suicide.
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