Overview

• U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer ruled that unsealing Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts would not reveal any information of consequence beyond the public record
• He branded the government’s justification as “demonstrably false” and warned that disclosure risked creating an illusion of transparency
• The transcripts show one-day proceedings with only law-enforcement witnesses and omit testimony from victims, eyewitnesses or records custodians
• Engelmayer found no new names of individuals having sexual contact with minors beyond Epstein and Maxwell and no previously unknown crime details
• Meanwhile, a separate DOJ motion to unseal Epstein’s grand jury materials is still under review and congressional subpoenas and FOIA suits continue to press for more disclosures