NY judge denies DOJ bid to unseal grand jury records in Ghislaine Maxwell case

A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury records in Ghislaine Maxwell’s case .

Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, in his opinion, said President Trump’s appointees at the Justice Department, facing growing turmoil over their decision not to release investigative materials on deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein, portrayed the sealed records from Maxwell’s case as something they were not.

“Contrary to the Government’s depiction, the Maxwell grand jury testimony is not a matter of significant historical or public interest. Far from it. It consists of garden-variety summary testimony by two law enforcement agents,” Engelmayer wrote, noting much of what was contained within was revealed at Maxwell’s 2021 trial .

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