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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

Justice Department Jeffrey Epstein - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind bars.

The disclosure of the transcripts as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing release of its investigative files on Maxwell and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed how an FBI agent told grand jurors about Maxwell's critical role in Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse of girls and young women.

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