A federal judge has denied a request by Trump’s Justice Department to make public the grand jury transcripts and exhibits from the Ghislaine Maxwell case, calling the government’s main argument “demonstrably false.” The ruling, made by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in New York, implies that the government’s effort was not really about being open with the public but was more about shifting attention.
As reported by MSNBC, this decision comes at a time when there is growing political debate over how information related to Jeffrey Epstein has been handled. Epstein’s death in 2019 led to Maxwell being prosecuted. Judge Engelmayer’s thorough opinion dismantled the government’s stated reasons for wanting to release the documents.
