A Manhattan federal decide rejected a petition by the Trump administration Monday to unseal grand jury paperwork within the case in opposition to deceased intercourse predator Jeffrey Epstein’s confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
US District Decide Paul Engelmayer, a Barack Obama appointee, concluded that the federal government did not make a compelling case for disclosure of the grand jury testimony, which generally stays sealed.
“The Authorities doesn’t search tailor-made disclosure of discrete objects inside a grand jury file,” Engelmayer wrote in his opinion.
“Nor does it search go away to disseminate grand jury supplies to a specified viewers. It seeks disclosure to the general public at massive of your entire proceedings earlier than the Maxwell grand jury, topic solely to redactions geared toward defending privateness.”
Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi petitioned for the discharge July 18 amid ongoing controversy over the Epstein case.
Engelmayer took be aware of the political curiosity in his determination, however harassed that it didn’t affect his determination.
