'Disingenuous': New York Judge Blocks Unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Transcripts

A second federal judge has denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal court documents connected to the Jeffrey Epstein case, accusing the Trump administration of being “disingenuous” when asking for grand jury transcripts related to the criminal investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell.

Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York wrote in his Monday ruling that the DOJ’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,” CNBC reported.

Going on to call the government’s argument for disclosure “disingenuous,” Engelmayer argued that “unsealing the grand jury materials would not reve