A judge on Monday denied a request to unseal transcripts from the grand jury that indicted Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Here’s what to know about the decision:

Ghislaine Maxwell case

The backstory:

Maxwell’s case has been the subject of heightened public focus since an outcry over the Justice Department’s statement last month saying that it would not be releasing any additional documents from the Epstein sex trafficking investigation.

Federal prosecutors had asked to unseal the secret grand jury testimony, in an effort to calm suspicions about what the government knows about Epstein, a well-connected financier who died behind bars while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Maxwell, his socialite ex-girlfriend, was later convicted of helping him prey o

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