The federal judge overseeing the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell has announced that he plans to rule “expeditiously” on the matter. District Judge Paul Engelmayer has requested further briefing from the Justice Department after the initial motion does not adequately address a list of factors for district courts to weigh in considering applications for disclosure of such secret grand jury information. Engelmayer gave the government until July 29 to submit a brief outlining their justification for seeking the release of the records, which should address whether they have already reviewed grand jury transcripts from Maxwell’s case and whether they provided notice to victims prior to their motion to unseal the records. The order also directs the government to file under seal an index of Maxwell grand jury transcript materials, the transcripts themselves, and a proposed redacted set of the transcripts, as well as other items. Lawyers for Maxwell have asked the judge to let them review any grand jury testimony before they take a position on whether to release it to the public.
The judge overseeing the DOJ Epstein grand jury records request is requesting additional information. Sac #886
