A federal judge rejected a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the Ghislaine Maxwell case, saying they contain virtually nothing new about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.

In his ruling , Judge Paul Engelmayer said the Trump administration’s premise — that the Maxwell transcripts would shed meaningful light on Epstein’s network or the government’s investigation — was “demonstrably false.”

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