Florida Judge Rejects Bid To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Documents
The post Florida Judge Rejects Bid To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Documents appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline A judge in Florida rejected the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury testimony from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case from the mid 2000s, after the Trump administration asked to release the testimony amid heightened scrutiny over its decision not to release the Epstein files held by the FBI and DOJ. The Justice Department also filed to unseal grand jury testimony from his 2019 indictment in New … More York. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Key Facts In a filing on Wednesday, Judge Robin L. Rosenberg denied the Justice Department’s petition to unseal the grand jury transcripts from federal grand juries convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007. The Justice Department argued that “special circumstances exist” that call for the grand jury documents to be released, but Judge Rosenberg said that the court’s “hands were tied” in the matter. Details of grand jury proceedings are usually secret, and protected by strict rules, according to the ruling. The Justice Department filed a parallel petition in the Southern District of New York, where another grand jury indicted Epstein on charges including sex trafficking in 2019. Key Background The Justice Department began reviewing files for release related to the investigations into Epstein earlier this year. However, the Justice Department backtracked on this process in July, insisting in a memo that the remaining material they found was mostly child pornography and announcing no further files would be released. After days of backlash, Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to “produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.” Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/07/23/florida-judge-rejects-bid-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-documents/
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Topline A judge in Florida rejected the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury testimony from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal case from the mid 2000s, after the Trump administration asked to release the testimony amid heightened scrutiny over its decision not to release the Epstein files held by the FBI and DOJ. The Justice Department also filed to unseal grand jury testimony from his 2019 indictment in New … More York. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Key Facts In a filing on Wednesday, Judge Robin L. Rosenberg denied the Justice Department’s petition to unseal the grand jury transcripts from federal grand juries convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007. The Justice Department argued that “special circumstances exist” that call for the grand jury documents to be released, but Judge Rosenberg said that the court’s “hands were tied” in the matter. Details of grand jury proceedings are usually secret, and protected by strict rules, according to the ruling. The Justice Department filed a parallel petition in the Southern District of New York, where another grand jury indicted Epstein on charges including sex trafficking in 2019. Key Background The Justice Department began reviewing files for release related to the investigations into Epstein earlier this year. However, the Justice Department backtracked on this process in July, insisting in a memo that the remaining material they found was mostly child pornography and announcing no further files would be released. After days of backlash, Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to “produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.” Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/07/23/florida-judge-rejects-bid-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-documents/
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