Overview
- U.S. District Judge Richard Berman authorized unsealing of grand jury materials from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 New York case, emphasizing that victims’ privacy and safety must be protected.
- On Tuesday, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer approved release of grand jury transcripts, exhibits, and discovery from the Ghislaine Maxwell prosecution under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
- Engelmayer required the Manhattan U.S. attorney to personally certify that records are rigorously reviewed to prevent disclosure of victim‑identifying information.
- A Florida federal judge last week permitted release of transcripts from a mid‑2000s federal grand jury probe into Epstein, adding to the set of materials now cleared for publication.
- The Justice Department is preparing a searchable public archive by Dec. 19 that could include warrants, financial records, survivor interview notes, and device data, while Engelmayer cautioned the grand jury files contain little new and do not name additional perpetrators.