Overview
- The Justice Department filed expedited motions in Manhattan and Florida to unseal Epstein- and Maxwell-related grand jury records, with the New York filing signed by prosecutor Jay Clayton.
- A new statute signed last week by President Donald Trump orders the DOJ to publish Epstein investigative materials within 30 days, allowing narrow redactions to protect victim identities or ongoing investigations.
- Government lawyers argue the law supersedes traditional grand jury secrecy and covers records held by the DOJ, the FBI and U.S. Attorney offices.
- Judge Richard Berman previously denied unsealing, noting the roughly 70-plus pages of grand jury transcripts are hearsay-heavy and minimal compared with more than 100,000 pages of investigative files.
- The grand juries heard limited testimony—an FBI agent in the Epstein case and an FBI agent plus an NYPD detective in the Maxwell matter—and courts have not yet ruled on the renewed requests.