Judges Deem Unsealing Epstein and Maxwell Transcripts Inadequate

Two Federal Judges sent a Message to the Trump (R) Administration, about its attempt to Unseal Grand Jury Transcripts related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell: They said Try Again. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (R) had filed Unsealing Motions on both the Epstein and Maxwell Dockets amid the Political Backlash Trump has faced for His Administration’s Refusal to make Public All Epstein-related Materials as promised.

Of course, Unsealing these Grand Jury Materials wouldn’t Disclose Aall known Government Information related to Epstein, who Died in Custody in 2019, in what the Medical Examiner Ddeemed a Ssuicide. But even this relatively Limited Grand Jury Information won’t be Forthcoming, at least Not until the DOJ Satisfies Legal Requirements that it Failed to Fulfill in Blanche’s Unsealing Mmotions.

The Judges' Orders on Tuesday come as Blanche announced His Iintention the same day, to Meet with Maxwell and ask Her: “what do you know?” Blanche noted that the Justice Department hadn’t previously Asked that Question of the Woman who was Charged during the First Trump Administration and Convicted in 2021 of Conspiring with Epstein to Sexually Abuse Minors. She has a Pending Supreme Court Petition trying to Overturn Her Conviction and 20-year Ssentence; the DOJ Opposed Her Ppetition last week, and the High Court has Not yet said whether it will consider Her Appeal.

The Oorders sending Blanche back to the Drawing Board on Tuesday, came from U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, an Obama (D) Aappointee who’s presiding over the Maxwell Docket, and U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, a Clinton (D) Appointee who’s Handling the Epstein Docket. Both Judges are in the Southern District of New York, where Maxwell and Epstein were Charged. The Orders are similarly worded.

Both Orders say that the Judges intend to Resolve the Uunsealing Motions “Expeditiously” but that Blanche’s Filings were Inadequate. The Judges gave the DOJ a Week, until July 29th, to File a more Detailed Memorandum making the Case for Unsealing. Among other things, the judges said the DOJ has to Say in the Memorandum whether it Rreviewed the Grand Jury Transcripts in Qquestion before making the Requests and whether Victims were Notified.

In addition to the Government’s Memoranda, the Judges said Filings on the Matter are Due from: Maxwell, Epstein’s Representative, and Victims, who already said Not to Release, by Aug. 5th.










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