Overview
- U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith granted the Justice Department’s motion to unseal transcripts from the 2005–2007 Florida grand jury investigations and to modify a protective order.
- The Justice Department has filed parallel requests in New York to unseal grand jury records from Epstein’s 2019 case and Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 case, with expedited decisions pending.
- The statute requires the public release by Dec. 19 of unclassified DOJ records on Epstein and Maxwell, with narrow redactions for victim identities, child sexual abuse material, and active investigations.
- Ghislaine Maxwell remains in custody at FPC Bryan in Texas and plans to file a pro se habeas petition, as her lawyer argues that releasing grand jury materials from her case could prejudice any retrial.
- Attorneys for survivors are urging court‑supervised redactions and safeguards after earlier congressional document releases inadvertently exposed some victims’ names.